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by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:59 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Maximum Parameter Length
Replies: 2
Views: 1775

There is no limit imposed by the software. There will be a limit imposed by the amount of memory available to the process.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:55 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to execute orchadmin commands
Replies: 10
Views: 20813

... except that orchadmin requires APT_ORCHHOME to be set, in addition to the requirements for dsjob.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:52 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Compliation status error
Replies: 1
Views: 887

Find out who has the job open in Designer, Director (log), or Director (monitor). It that is a defunct session, disconnect it using Web console for Information Server.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:50 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Unhandled failure encountered executing command
Replies: 13
Views: 11653

Uncheck "log warning message for activities that do not finish with a status of OK".
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:49 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: backup files
Replies: 6
Views: 1240

Craig has it, but we had to be certain whether you meant that, or an export file, or something else.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:48 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Abnormal termination of stage job.transformer detected
Replies: 4
Views: 3234

Seach DSXchange for "access violation". There are lots of possibilities.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:44 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: intermediate hash file
Replies: 5
Views: 1309

Please advise the source of this advice (that hashed files should be used as intermediate storage) and the context in which it was given. I predict that you have taken the advice out of a quite specific context.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Conversion
Replies: 1
Views: 917

Read the Parallel Job Developer's Guide about implicit and explicit data type conversions (you can search within the PDF). In short you can convert from any numeric to string implicitly but the reverse operation will require a conversion function. The name of the function will depend on whether you ...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:38 pm
Forum: IBM QualityStage
Topic: Uncertain record values match in match specification
Replies: 4
Views: 1811

In the Match specification block on NYSIIS of name and NYSIIS of first name. Use UNCERT (assuming an undup match). Your u-prob figure (probability that match is purely by chance) is very high, usually it's set around 0.01 - is there a reason for your choice?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:40 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: When checking operator: Dropping component
Replies: 17
Views: 15486

And the error message ID ?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:39 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Error: Ora 1861: Literal does not match Format string
Replies: 6
Views: 5408

Ravi_nitj wrote:When I query the Oracle database 10g, I am getting the date shown in following format:
'mm/dd/yyyy'.
What does that tell you about the format in which your Oracle instance expects dates to be presented?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:35 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: backup files
Replies: 6
Views: 1240

To which "backup file" do you refer?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:33 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: When checking operator: Dropping component
Replies: 17
Views: 15486

Please post the complete detail of the error message, including the error message ID.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:57 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: String truncate while calling stored procedure from DS
Replies: 11
Views: 4682

The database has a defined length, and may be objecting to metadata suggesting that the string may have a potentially larger (that is, unlimited) size.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:44 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Error: Ora 1861: Literal does not match Format string
Replies: 6
Views: 5408

Welcome aboard.

What is the default date picture in your Oracle instance? (What format do you get with SELECT Date_Column_Name FROM Table_Name; ?)