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by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:03 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: cannot reset the job automatically in sequencer
Replies: 2
Views: 639

No, that *is* to proper way to do what you need. Something else is going on, like (as noted) perhaps you are looking at the wrong job in the sequence?
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Parallel routine issue when using library file
Replies: 3
Views: 1603

That would be an "HP thing" not a "DataStage thing".
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:45 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Generation of Surrogate Key
Replies: 20
Views: 12959

Great... The Phantom of the Exchange lives! :wink:
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:42 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: eliminate warning messages in Datastage server edition
Replies: 4
Views: 1608

In other words - don't generate any. :wink:
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:41 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: retrieving job status from dsjob
Replies: 8
Views: 2944

Ragunathan Gunasekaran wrote:I am not sure what ray is conveying as i am not a premium member. But hope using like what i have portrayed does not impact huge

He's saying there's no reason to shell out to dsjob and play all those games when there are perfectly good API functions to get what you need inside the job.
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:38 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Error in compiling the job
Replies: 6
Views: 1409

Re: Error in compiling the job

Please no advices for keeping any source in the job as i am moving to finish the overall seq design in which i am going to plug the job. No worries, couldn't give any advices anyway as I have no clue what this means. You need a constraint to control the number of records generated. For a single row...
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:31 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Renaming a link breaks a transformer
Replies: 7
Views: 1901

As best as I recall, I've always seen this happen. It's just one of those annoyances you put up with.
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:29 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Hash file not matching
Replies: 4
Views: 1195

Ok, now please help us out.

What was the resolution here? Posting that brings closure to the topic and helps future searchers...
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Passing different Parms into a job
Replies: 1
Views: 705

Two Job Activity stages? You could use a Nested Condition stage to check the parameter and branch accordingly.
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:23 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Notify exit routine
Replies: 0
Views: 856

Wouldn't you be better off asking this on a TeraData forum?
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:19 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Trimming new line character
Replies: 5
Views: 1172

Assuming 'new line' = LF:

Code: Select all

Convert(CHAR(10),"",YourField)

Or

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EReplace(YourField,CHAR(10),"")
by chulett
Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: Exporting jobs through Commad prompt
Replies: 7
Views: 4406

Either by searching or by looking wherever you installed the DataStage client on your PC. Typically C:\Program Files\Ascential\DataStage...
by chulett
Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:22 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: clear status file via command line
Replies: 2
Views: 1396

Not that I recall ever seeing, but then I can't say that I've seen everything. Let's see what others have to say...
by chulett
Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:20 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Log retrieve
Replies: 4
Views: 1099

Perhaps 'gone' just means 'outside of the current Filter limits'. Do you have a limit on the number of log records you can display? Does the Director show (Filtered) in the status line?
by chulett
Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:17 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Generation of Surrogate Key
Replies: 20
Views: 12959

For Craig: If you create a table with a primary key index in Oracle, Sybase, etc, you can't drop the index without dropping the table. If you create the table without a primary key index, but add a unique index afterwards, the database will use that one just the same as a primary key index. Now why...