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by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:41 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Import ddl metadata definitions
Replies: 3
Views: 1138

If the described data object exists somewhere (database table, text file, etc.) then you could import it from there. Otherwise no.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:33 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Lookup process
Replies: 2
Views: 730

1. Create a complete specification in English.
2. Hire a competent C++ programmer to create your code.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:32 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Lookup process
Replies: 2
Views: 730

1. Create a complete specification in English.
2. Hire a competent C++ programmer to create your code.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:30 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Import ddl metadata definitions
Replies: 3
Views: 1138

For so few fields type it in manually. There is no metadata import tool geared to the format you have specified.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:28 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Problem in Converting NVarChar(17) to Numeric(13,3)
Replies: 16
Views: 3596

Arnd meant that you should try Decimal[18,3]
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:27 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Problem in Converting NVarChar(17) to Numeric(13,3)
Replies: 16
Views: 3596

Arnd meant that you should try Decimal[18,3]
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:22 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Error retrieving system catalog information for requested ta
Replies: 4
Views: 1796

DataStage is a 32-bit application. You MUST use 32-bit libraries with DataStage, even if these are accessing a 64-bit capable instance of DB2. Verify that the 32-bit library is referred to first in the shared library search path set up in the dsenv script. Ask your DBA for information about what the...
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: FastTrack
Replies: 0
Views: 670

FastTrack

Announced at IOD 2007 was FastTrack, the latest toy in the toy box. At its simplest it looks like a spreadsheet for documenting source-to-target mappings (which, indeed, it is). However, you can browse for the source and target columns in the common Information Server repository (they may have been ...
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:13 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Can it be the Null string in last field of Text file?
Replies: 10
Views: 2058

Well done!

Now please mark this thread as resolved.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:11 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Can it be the Null string in last field of Text file?
Replies: 10
Views: 2058

Well done!

Now please mark this thread as resolved.
by ray.wurlod
Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:49 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ODBC Connection Issue
Replies: 4
Views: 2216

Well it looks like the driver has (falsely or otherwise) detected Oracle 7. This is a mystery and may be a bug - I can't see anything in your configuration that would cause that. Time to involve your support provider.
by ray.wurlod
Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:36 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Decimal data reading using sequential file stage
Replies: 5
Views: 5119

The quick fix is to read as delivered and divide by 100. Further thought and experimentation is needed to give a technical solution, and I don't have access to Enterprise Edition just at the moment.
by ray.wurlod
Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:34 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Parallel Routine O/S is Windows
Replies: 4
Views: 1267

Add a reject-handling output link to your Transformer stage.

(Only fix one thing at a time. Let us know if that fixes changes anything.)
by ray.wurlod
Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:31 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Problem in Converting NVarChar(17) to Numeric(13,3)
Replies: 16
Views: 3596

Show the syntax you used with StringToDecimal().
by ray.wurlod
Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Compiling Jobs in Datastage
Replies: 4
Views: 1110

My answer above is a complete answer. You will need to enrol for premium memberhip in order to be able to read it all. Premium membership is one of the ways that the hosting and bandwidth costs of DSXchange are met. The premium membership fees are 100% devoted to this purpose. It's less than 30c per...