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by ray.wurlod
Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:53 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: User Defined SQL Queries Information.
Replies: 3
Views: 928

Yes.

There are already posted answers to this question, as well as some example queries. Try Search to find some/all of them.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:51 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Memory setting Datastage
Replies: 8
Views: 3035

DataStage only takes as much as it requires. Some of the parameters in uvconfig determine how much that is. However, there is no way within DataStage to set the maximum amount of memory that DataStage is permitted to allocate. All memory allocated by DataStage is freed. This is an enforced standard ...
by ray.wurlod
Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Difference between Control job and Sequencer....
Replies: 10
Views: 4916

Welcome aboard. :D A job sequence is a graphical means for creating a job control routine; having created and compiled a job sequence you can inspect the job control code in the sequence's job properties (on the Job Control tab). A batch (created in Director) is also a way of creating a job control ...
by ray.wurlod
Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:42 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: excetion handler
Replies: 1
Views: 1369

You don't have to declare them anywhere. If you want the information that one contains, then use that somewhere downstream, for example to supply an argument in a Routine activity. What do you need to achieve? The variables are available in any activity that is downstream of the activity on which yo...
by ray.wurlod
Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:37 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: How to call a webservice from Datastage version 7.1
Replies: 7
Views: 5140

RTI (now called SOAP edition) is about publishing DataStage jobs as web services. It is not about calling web services from DataStage. RTI has been in DataStage since at least version 7.0, if not earlier.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:33 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: slowly changing dimensions
Replies: 1
Views: 1031

You do exactly what is explained in books such as The Data Warehouse Life Cycle and Toolkit by Kimball et al. You first need to make some decisions, primarily what type of SCD you wish to implement. Then you use appropriate stage types, such as Surrogate Key Generator stage, combined with appropriat...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:36 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Teradata password changer
Replies: 1
Views: 1164

Not a Teradata person, but it seems to me that to change a password you will need an old password and a new password, and "they" may have imposed rules that prevent the same password being re-used.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:35 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Passing values from excel to two jobs sequentially
Replies: 13
Views: 3742

UtilityHashLookup does not work with pathed hashed files; a VOC entry for the hashed file must exist. If you look at the code for UtilityHashLookup (category Routines\sdk\Utility) you will see that it uses the Open statement to open the hashed file. You will also see that this routine is the source...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:27 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: script to delete jobs
Replies: 21
Views: 4053

Beat me to it!! All you need to do then is delete those few jobs, if any, that are not in the new build. You will be able to generate a list of these from VSS. I continue to recommend a manual process, or hire an expert (who is cognizant of the dangers) to create your script. Your support provider w...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:24 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Passing values from excel to two jobs sequentially
Replies: 13
Views: 3742

What routine is being called by the Routine activity, and with what argument values?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:21 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Insert
Replies: 1
Views: 697

Check with oerr ORA 1008 what this code is telling you. Learn about locking mechanisms; whether Oracle will permit you to delete the same records you are selecting. Does it seem plausible? Re-think your approach.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:06 pm
Forum: Site/Forum
Topic: Video Tech Tip Series - FEEDBACK
Replies: 49
Views: 73519

I would like to have seen an up-front statement of objectives (headlines?) and a summary at the end of what had been covered. Long pauses between parts - I thought a preview had ended and surfed away at the end of part #1. This may be because my speed is "only" ADSL - maybe I'll test on a dialup li...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:58 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Passing values from excel to two jobs sequentially
Replies: 13
Views: 3742

Which part of "Table Not Found" is unclear? Is it the Hashed File stage that is generating this message? If so is the hashed file declared as being in an account or in a directory? In either case which one? Do you have a VOC pointer to the hashed file? If it is the ODBC stage that is generating the ...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:19 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Job optimization
Replies: 5
Views: 1033

I very much doubt that it's the Oracle stage that's causing the problem; it's far more likely that it's how you've constructed the SQL query. Are you using generated SQL, user-defined SQL or a stored procedure to extract your rows? Can you post the SQL so we can suggest how it might be improved?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:13 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Performance: Can something be done at Datastage?
Replies: 4
Views: 1279

:idea: You may have more luck posting on a DB2 user forum.