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by ray.wurlod
Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Help Desk
Replies: 0
Views: 621

Help Desk

This shows some interesting support issues.
by ray.wurlod
Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:59 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Unable to initialize plugin
Replies: 5
Views: 1354

Through which plug-in stage are you attempting to import the table definition?

Try using the Orchestrate orchdbutil utility - it's more robust.
by ray.wurlod
Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: DataStage cmd equivalent to Oracle %Like%?
Replies: 7
Views: 3713

... but that's closer to Oracle's SOUNDEX than to Oracle's LIKE
:wink:
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: DataStage cmd equivalent to Oracle %Like%?
Replies: 7
Views: 3713

You need Upcase() function to achieve case-insensitivity and Matches operator to effect comparisons including wildcards. Sample:

Code: Select all

Upcase(InLink.Column) Matches "...ST...R...MGR..."
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:49 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Sparse lookup in TeraData Enterprise
Replies: 6
Views: 1532

That, sir, was a terrible thing to say!!!
:wink:

(I know of no such plan.)
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Getting Rid of Nullable Warning Messages
Replies: 6
Views: 2218

Code: Select all

handle_null(InputColumn, value)


Specification: OutputColumn = handle_null(InputColumn, newvalue)
Specification: NOWARN
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:39 pm
Forum: Site/Forum
Topic: Strange error when replying to a topic in PX forum
Replies: 7
Views: 3868

OK, here's what happened. The company that hosts DSXchange re-imaged the operating system on the server and, whatever it is they did, no email is now leaving the server. Whether from DSXchange or from DCS Strategies. This has impacted DCS Strategies' business, so stern words have been had with the h...
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:34 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Not able to access DS Director
Replies: 3
Views: 952

But you can access with new Manager/Designer connections?

Can you access project properties with Administrator?
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:25 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Sparse lookup in TeraData Enterprise
Replies: 6
Views: 1532

It can't be fixed, it wasn't broken. It's working as documented.
Page 239 of Parallel Job Developer's Guide version 8.0 says DB2 and Oracle only.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:20 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: counting number of rows in hash file
Replies: 7
Views: 3463

Use a UV stage with a single Integer column whose Derivation is COUNT(*). Table name is the name of your hashed file (you may need to create a VOC pointer). The Selection tab contains your WHERE clause. Voila!
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:17 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Maximum modulus of static hash file
Replies: 3
Views: 947

8,388,608

Source: HELP CREATE.FILE command issued at TCL prompt
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:15 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: DSJob -run with default parameter user
Replies: 13
Views: 3486

Given that the Master Scheduler appears to be outside of DataStage you will need to code something to get the values out of the DSParams file. Alternatively, you could construct a job sequence that the Master Scheduler executes without passing any parameters, and the job sequence can much more easil...
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:11 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Change DataStage clients default directory (compilation)
Replies: 8
Views: 2371

Looks like "they" will have to let you write to the C: drive, then! :wink:
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: languages supported by datastage
Replies: 1
Views: 781

Ultimately any, because you can run any executable from the operating system command line. But callable is another question. DataStage is not one product, it is three - or four, depending on how you count. So, for example. the mainframe edition generates COBOL so can readily call COBOL functions, bu...