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by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:13 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Idoc to Flat File
Replies: 3
Views: 1330

The plug-in that reads from IDOCs, of course. Part of the SAP Extract PACK. Ask your vendor, or browse the IBM web site.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:12 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Problem viewing a seq file on Datastage
Replies: 15
Views: 8704

Don't set Max_Width. Set Width.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:11 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to handle Control M Character
Replies: 17
Views: 5321

Investigate the Record Delimiter String property (rather than the Record Delimiter property). Specify as \r\n
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:09 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How Datasets are stored?
Replies: 12
Views: 3749

Each row in a Data Set (or File Set) carries an additional four columns of management information totalling 80 bytes; the partition number, the partition count, the ordinal number of the record within the partition and the record ID. It could have been more effecient, if the column information is s...
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:58 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: transform rows to columns end record value to null
Replies: 8
Views: 2034

Only the ones without an RMM stage. :wink:
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:58 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Unable to find touch file
Replies: 5
Views: 1273

Check that touch worked before attempting the FTP.

Code: Select all

touch pathname
if [ $? -eq 0 ] then
   ./ftp_script.sh
else
   ./panic_email.sh
fi
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:54 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: transform rows to columns end record value to null
Replies: 8
Views: 2034

Your requirement is not clear. Your words and your example do not match. Please document the algorithm by which 1 generates 1,2; 2 generates 3,4; 3 generates 4,6 (note that 4 is repeated); 4 generates 7,NULL and 5,6 and 7 do not generate anything. It would appear (if the result for 3 is a typo, and ...
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Sequential file warnings
Replies: 1
Views: 1857

Your file uses two characters as the line terminator. Either use the Record Delimiter String property set to \r\n or define a fourth Char(1) column (to read the \r) and specify UNIX newline as the Record Delimiter property.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:44 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: XFM problem due to fixed width file delimited
Replies: 7
Views: 1983

However you approach it you are going to have to edit the table definition in your repository to include the new column. Optionally you might set the "incomplete column" property as suggested. Before doing that, select the table definition and perform a Usage Analysis to identify all the jobs that u...
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:37 am
Forum: Information Analyzer (formerly ProfileStage)
Topic: Can DS extract data from GIS files?
Replies: 2
Views: 3108

You have posted this question in the ProfileStage forum. ProfileStage typically uses ODBC as its connection modality. If you can provide an ODBC driver for extracting the data, then the answer is yes. Otherwise I suggest that you pre-process the data, as kumar_s suggests, using DataStage or any of t...
by ray.wurlod
Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: Adding enviornmental Variable
Replies: 18
Views: 5692

Re: Adding enviornmental Variable

Hi All, Can any body will suggest me ow to add enviornment variable in datastage parallel job. Do you mean: (a) add a new environment variable that a job can use as a job parameter? (b) add an environment variable to a job as a job parameter? (c) change the value of an environment variable while a ...
by ray.wurlod
Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:33 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: WHich is faster?
Replies: 9
Views: 2120

We do, and they're still legal. But only banks are forced to accept them. Also, you can write a cheque for two cents. I once had to write a cheque for three cents because of a stupidly programmed computer. :x
by ray.wurlod
Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Datastage ADministrator Commands
Replies: 13
Views: 10544

Or from the Administering DataStage class now offered by IBM. Beware, however, that this class is very heavily about parallel jobs.
by ray.wurlod
Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:39 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Last digit gets truncated while loading into Oracle ODBC Stg
Replies: 8
Views: 2769

But easier to change databases subsequently when some smooth-talking sales person convinces management that dBase IV is the only database you'll ever need and it's cheap as well. :roll:
by ray.wurlod
Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:37 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: WHich is faster?
Replies: 9
Views: 2120

I add my two cents worth to Craig's making a grand total of four cents' worth advocation the "avoid unnecessary double action" design.