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by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:13 pm
Forum: Site/Forum
Topic: white papers too good.
Replies: 8
Views: 5709

Nagaraj wrote:How about on other tools like which are coming with the IS suite

Metadata work bench
Fasttrack
Discovery
BluePrint
Don't really think so - there's already heaps of collateral on these on IBM's web site. (Except maybe Blueprint Director.)
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:14 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Sequence on the output from an aggregator stage
Replies: 3
Views: 1579

Use a fork-join design with an Aggregator reporting the max value. Downstream check whether the max value is the same as the current value and set your flag accordingly.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:11 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: suppress trailing zero
Replies: 5
Views: 2759

Yes it's possible, but only if the target data type is a string of some kind.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:09 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: upsert is taking long time
Replies: 4
Views: 2193

Probably something to do with the multiple nodes contending with each other. Does your partitioning guarantee that each key value can occur on only one node?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:05 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Unable to Import XML Table Definations
Replies: 3
Views: 3417

Importing from XML first involves converting to DSX. The component that does this is the one that can't be found. Try it on a different client machine - if that works, it's probably an issue with the search path on the first client.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:59 pm
Forum: Information Analyzer (formerly ProfileStage)
Topic: Migrating Information Analyzer objects to v8.5
Replies: 10
Views: 5132

You should prefer istool (or Information Server Manager) as the tool for migrating Information Analyzer projects. The new Migration Assistant might also be useful but it has some deficiencies - for example it can only migrate into a brand new, unchanged, environment.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:57 pm
Forum: Site/Forum
Topic: white papers too good.
Replies: 8
Views: 5709

Would you (anyone out there) care to suggest topics of interest?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:58 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Reading/writing Oracle CLOB Datatype
Replies: 7
Views: 6036

smart2786 wrote:Hi ray,

Could you please help on this??

Thanks
That is not how DSXchange works. Any people who feel they can contribute something are welcome to do so. And anyone who feels that he or she can not contribute anything useful are at liberty to remains silent; there is no compulsion on anyone.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:56 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: how to read special characters in phone number ?
Replies: 4
Views: 2090

Re: how to read special characters in phone number ?

Sampath wrote:You Can Use NUM function
Oh. Did I not mention that one? Oh.
:roll:
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:55 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: fatal Error
Replies: 3
Views: 3612

Do you need to qualify the table name?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:54 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to take first 10 charectors from the input column
Replies: 4
Views: 2315

Re: How to take first 10 charectors from the input column

Sampath wrote:Use Substring [1,10]
Incorrect syntax - this one won't work.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: Error during bulkload
Replies: 17
Views: 3306

Of course there is. Don't send duplicates in the first place.

sqlldr must follow exactly the same rules as the INSERT statement.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:09 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: same partition after a sequential file stage??
Replies: 3
Views: 1940

Partitioning only ever occurs on an input link. How the data are partitioned within the Sequential File stage will depend on a number of factors, but will typically be one file per partition if you have the same number of files as partitions. There are other properties such as "treat as File Se...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:07 am
Forum: General
Topic: Exporting DS jobs through CITRIX machine/DS Server
Replies: 5
Views: 3963

You can configure Citrix Metaframe server to map a drive on your local client. For example V: drive on the remote client machine might map back to C: drive on your local computer.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:05 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: EBCDIC
Replies: 3
Views: 1433

From the Available options to add field choose the "read as EBCDIC" property. (I'm not certain of this property name and am not in a position to check at the moment.)