Search found 53125 matches

by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:24 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: range lookup
Replies: 3
Views: 1980

To configure a Range lookup on the other input, use the drop-down list of Lookup type and choose Range. The Key Expression field then becomes enabled. Double click in the Key Expression field to open the expression builder for range specification.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:22 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: CSV file issue
Replies: 4
Views: 2360

The second record may have failed because it has mismatched quote characters.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:19 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: which partition is best in the diffreent stages
Replies: 3
Views: 2393

We can build a database. We always build a database.
:lol:
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:18 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Data truncation
Replies: 3
Views: 2637

It's not a bug - it's an alert. As the metadata are specified there exists a potential danger that you would lose data through truncation, so an alert (warning) message to this effect is logged.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:17 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: CONVERT 'MM-DD-YYYY' to YYYY-MM-DD
Replies: 7
Views: 3575

You need a combination of StringToDate() and DateToString() functions each with an appropriate format string.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:15 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: What function to use for replacing string?
Replies: 4
Views: 3425

There IS a BASIC function (Ereplace()). But you can only use BASIC functions in the BASIC Transformer stage in parallel jobs.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:08 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: merge stage
Replies: 3
Views: 1834

So the issue here is your predilection to post on DSXchange before attempting diagnosis yourself?
:wink:
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:05 pm
Forum: IBM QualityStage
Topic: Quality stage
Replies: 1
Views: 1126

Welcome aboard.

Your question is just a little too vague - I assume you're referring to the component that invokes a QualityStage job from DataStage. Is that correct?
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:55 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to read and write BLOB datatype in datastage 8.1
Replies: 4
Views: 10658

BLOB is not supported for most stages. In Connector stages you can specify to use references to LOB data types.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:54 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Delta Run(Partial Run)
Replies: 3
Views: 1527

Dare we ask why these runs have to be consecutive? If you allocate two readers per node to the Sequential File stage (and I'm making a big assumption about the source there) you will have the division that you desire. They will execute concurrently, but load into the target on what are effectively s...
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: DS_AUDIT not updated
Replies: 8
Views: 3314

Well, date/time modified is displayable and, indeed, searchable (Advanced Find) so presumably it's in XMETA somewhere!
by ray.wurlod
Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:37 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: how data loads in db2 stage after restarting
Replies: 6
Views: 1801

That's a challenge, but one that I think has a solution.

(But it's probably posted in the incorrect forum.)
by ray.wurlod
Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: DS_AUDIT not updated
Replies: 8
Views: 3314

They have stopped using DS_AUDIT. Definitely.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:33 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Replace
Replies: 6
Views: 2298

chulett wrote:Quite simple to substring instead, as already suggested.
... only with the internal looping feature in version 8.5, since there are multiple occurrences.

To use pxEreplace() - assuming you've installed and compiled it, etc. -

Code: Select all

pxEreplace(InLink.TheString, "301", "801", -1, 0)
by ray.wurlod
Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:31 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: how data loads in db2 stage after restarting
Replies: 6
Views: 1801

Of course, it might be a server job, since the question was posted in the Server forum...