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by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:43 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Config File - EE/PX
Replies: 3
Views: 1249

Yes, just create a differently named configuration file, which can be a clone of default.apt (the default configuration file). There is a Configuration File Editor in the Manager client (under the Tools menu). You can also use any text editor on the server side. By default configuration files are st...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:38 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Header and Trailer
Replies: 8
Views: 5998

You might investigate the Complex Flat File stage. It can deal with multiple record types.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:34 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: String Functions
Replies: 2
Views: 1287

This is the kind of task that Quality Stage is particularly suited for; you can standardize your representation of "trading as" before proceeding to other transformations. You could certainly use a Boolean condition (lots of OR conjunctions), but how would you ever be certain that you had all possib...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:32 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Updating lookup file sets
Replies: 5
Views: 1684

To reinforce the point, no passive stage in a parallel job supports an output link AND an input link (not counting reject-handling). That is, you can not update the Lookup File Set in the same job in which you use it to provide reference values. So Kumar's solution, or something like it, is the only...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:29 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: convert japan language into english
Replies: 5
Views: 2371

Beware of course that none of these translation tools is perfect. They are all particularly bad at idioms.

Code: Select all

"out of sight, out of mind"  --->  translate  --->  translate back  ---> "invisible idiot"
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:24 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> SOA Editions (Formerly RTI Services)
Topic: Should we consider SOA?
Replies: 4
Views: 2823

The problem with on-demand for a large batch of data is that the response time will be perceived as poor. I'd be more inclined to give users a command-style interface rather than to implement SOA for large volumes. Keep SOA for the short, snappy tasks, such as standardizing or certifying a row or tw...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:04 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: view data problem
Replies: 2
Views: 866

The connection is broken. Establish a new connection. Close the client, open a new one.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:02 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: How to conert Float (10) to decimal (7,4)
Replies: 2
Views: 892

Ignore how the data browser presents the data. Send rows to a text file and tell us what you get there. Adjust the metadata to suit.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:00 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Unable to create a Project with deleted name
Replies: 21
Views: 6875

That's good. Do it with FIX now.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:20 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: How to handle the File with different Line Feeds
Replies: 4
Views: 1403

If there are line feed characters within the data scroll right in the Columns grid. You will find a rule that specifies "column contains terminator characters". Set this to Yes to allow DataStage to pass them as regular characters.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wha are the Datastage contract rates in the US?
Replies: 8
Views: 3889

Highest: whatever you can screw out of them.
Lowest: whatever you let them screw you down to.
It's got to be based on your worth, your value to your client. It ought to be the basis of negotiation.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:17 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Unable to create a Project with deleted name
Replies: 21
Views: 6875

Delete the directory and all its contents. Make sure that its parent directory still exists.
Delete the entry from UV.ACCOUNT.
Delete the entry from UV_SCHEMA using VERIFY.SQL with the pathname (not the name) of the schema.

Create new project using Administrator client.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:14 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to insert into UV.ACCOUNT
Replies: 18
Views: 15919

But if you've screwed the project with an inappropriate use of VERIFY.SQL none of this will help. Again, there are difficulties with INSERT. You can work around this using an F control in an inline prompt. I am not going to answer any questions about this technique. INSERT INTO UV.ACCOUNT(@ID, ...
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:03 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Job not picking up env variables in ODBC stage
Replies: 2
Views: 1586

Have you defined these environment variables, with default values, using the Administrator client? It is from these settings that $PROJDEF retrieves a value to use.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:47 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to insert into UV.ACCOUNT
Replies: 18
Views: 15919

The problem with UV.ACCOUNT is that you have to build the licensing string to go into the NAME column. That's why I recommended ED. INSERT INTO UV.ACCOUNT(@ID, NAME, PATH) SELECT 'Project2', NAME, '/pathname/Project2' FROM UV.ACCOUNT WHERE @ID = 'Project1'; But if you've screwed the project ...