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Of course, that's how hashed files work! Destructive overwrite based on the defined keys - Last One In Wins. For all the reasons you've already run through, a simple hashed file isn't going to work for you here. Use them for an equality check. That being said, I don't really understand what you need...

Rather than 'design' your own XPath expressions, get your hands on an .xsd of the desired output format. Use the Manager to import the metadata from the xsd and it will generate the appropriate XPath expressions for you to use.

Thanks, wanted to make sure they were properly 'wrapped'. The reason I asked for your DS version is there is a very well known 'issue' with job parameters in the Execute Command stage. In 'older' versions it will log the translated command correctly, but actually pass the untranslated job parameters...

The official Help for this is actually in the Director client tool. Go to Help / Help Topics and switch to the Index tab. Type enough of 'multiple job instances' in to make that topic appear there and then double-click on it.

How exactly are you passing these parameters to the script? Can you post what you have in the Parameter box of the Execute Command stage?

What's your DataStage version?

If you speak of Sequence jobs then yes (7.5.x required), otherwise no.

What information it contains can be easily seen via the Director client tool.

Seems like dates could be an issue, what with DB2 wanting them in internal format and all.

What status do you see when it runs? When it finishes? It should said 'Running/Restartable' and 'Aborted/Restartable' in order for it to restart from the failed job activity. So, not only must the job to restart from have aborted, but the sequence job itself must have aborted. You either need to mak...

Found something here on page 6-40 of the linked pdf. Interestingly enough, the title is Oracle7 Spatial Data Option Reference and Administrator's Guide.

But the reason I questioned, is that I remember having read in the manual, that there's no need to re-install, for license updates..!! That's true under normal circumstances. However, you are in a situation where your trial key has expired, so that's why I suggested the client reinstall. That shoul...

Aha! Thanks for coming back and posting that. :D

For those who have Ascential licenses bundled with Peoplesoft, could this be a license limitation? No. As noted, you need to provide more details. First would be your exact version of DataStage. Also, details about exactly what you are doing and the errors you are getting. Unfortunately, saying "th...

I didn't say for you to try to 'update Client License details'. I believe you'll need to reinstall the client software from the original media, during which you'll supply the new credentials you have. Just install it right over your current installation, you won't lose any customizations you've made...