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by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:09 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Processing record using their SID's
Replies: 3
Views: 1458

Two output streams from the transformer - one taken if the lookup succeeds, the other taken if the lookup does not succeed.

Or more output streams, different ones taken for different returned values from the lookup, and coded into the constraint expressions.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:08 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: splitting a string into three fields
Replies: 33
Views: 5453

No.

There is room in the world for atheists and believers in more than one god also.

All people have the right - the inalienable right - to whatever belief systems they choose to hold.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:04 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> SOA Editions (Formerly RTI Services)
Topic: XML input stage problem
Replies: 8
Views: 5967

I think you will probably need to involve "official" support for this one. The stack trace appears to mention only internal classes (StageFactory, Transformer and so on), none of yours. The unknown (- unhandled) exception appears to have occured invoking mcicoe01.mcilink.com - is this one of your si...
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:36 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Get DENSE RANK in a grouped data
Replies: 26
Views: 8487

No, but my assumption was off the mark. In your case "dense rank" appears to mean rank without gaps left by ties.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: John Inman Dies
Replies: 1
Views: 864

John Inman Dies

We note the passing of John Inman, no relation to Bill Inmon however.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:02 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Look Up Reject file
Replies: 8
Views: 1525

Put in an intermediate COPY stage. Metadata on a reject link are not editable. On the other side of the Copy stage they'll no longer be on a reject link, and should be editable.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:00 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Get DENSE RANK in a grouped data
Replies: 26
Views: 8487

Does "dense rank" imply two levels of aggregation?
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:59 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Date conversion to SQL server
Replies: 24
Views: 6030

If you need the format the same as input, declare it as VarChar throughout your job and do not apply any conversion at all.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:57 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: add_to_heap() - Unable to allocate memory
Replies: 6
Views: 1694

No, you never ignore any warning. What this one should cause you to do is to get some paperwork into the budgetary process to request additional memory for your server.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:55 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: DS 7.5 connection problem (81011) - WinXP SP2
Replies: 1
Views: 869

Search the forum for loopback adapter
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:53 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Look Up Reject file
Replies: 8
Views: 1525

Set the null handling properties (in the SeqFile_Rejects_Stage stage). That is, you have to provide a Null Field Value property or a Null Field Length property, as appropriate, for each nullable field.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:00 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: APT_Combined Operator Controller
Replies: 2
Views: 2148

APT_CombinedOperatorController is the "operator" used when multiple operators are combined into one process.

You can disable operator combination - mainly for diagnostic reasons - at the job level (APT_DISABLE_COMBINATION environment variable) or at the stage level (Stage properties: Advanced tab).
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:33 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Subrecord to Varchar
Replies: 23
Views: 7264

No! No!
It's urgent!!!
:lol:
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:29 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Subrecord to Varchar
Replies: 23
Views: 7264

Promote Subrecord stage?
by ray.wurlod
Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:28 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Row Generator generated OSH script bug
Replies: 5
Views: 1142

The reference is to a job parameter.

And I goofed, it's "filename" not "filepath" in the OP. (I am using filepath in my work today.)