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by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:56 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Unable to read from Oracle Database Source
Replies: 11
Views: 3980

Take a look (in the Oracle stage) at the actual SQL statement that was generated/specified. Did this statement get logged in the job log before the job aborted? Is it the same? Can you execute this statement in a different client, such as sqlplus or TOAD?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:55 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: No default type conversion from raw[max=10] to string
Replies: 3
Views: 3239

Where is the Raw data type being generated?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:53 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: DSSendMail only upon the records reject
Replies: 20
Views: 9805

Can I use the DSGetLinkInfo in the Job activity Trigger expression? I don't see why not, but it would need to be part of an expression that could be interpreted as true/false to control notification properly. Therefore it could only be invoked indirectly (through a Routine) because the job handle a...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Can i use a CASE statement in a SELECT statement ?
Replies: 11
Views: 6557

Be patient. DSXchange is an all-volunteer site whose members post as and when they can. Most of us also have to earn a living, so posting on DSXchange does not have highest priority. Some of us even manage to have a life. SELECT EVAL "IF BEG_AMT = 0 THEN 1 ELSE BEG_AMT" FROM HASH_PS_F_LEF...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:45 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Filter stage fatal error
Replies: 1
Views: 2134

Moderator: please move to parallel forum

Please post your actual "WHERE clause" property values.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: Load N files into a single table
Replies: 12
Views: 3831

In the Filter command field in the Sequential File stage, which becomes visible when you check the "stage uses filter command" check box.

You can use wildcards if that's easier.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to write subroutines?
Replies: 3
Views: 1111

No!!!

You start by producing a written specification. Always.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:38 am
Forum: General
Topic: Invalid Precision Value . Error in Parameter 9
Replies: 1
Views: 1025

Start by disabling operator combination so you can identify the operator that actually threw the error.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: Basic questions
Replies: 3
Views: 1605

1. Help > About in any DataStage client. 2. As documented in the installation notes. 3. As documented in the installation notes. 4. All developers have their own perspectives. From my perspective there's not a whole lot (in an ETL context) that DataStage version 7.5 can not do. 5. No-one remembers t...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to write subroutines?
Replies: 3
Views: 1111

The first step is planning. Always.

What do you want it to achieve? What are the input arguments? What are the output arguments? What kind of routine?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: Interview questions
Replies: 3
Views: 1501

Well, sure, I guess anybody can.

Most of the experienced posters here refuse on principle to answer them.

There are some (official) sample questions on the IBM certification site.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:28 am
Forum: General
Topic: Load N files into a single table
Replies: 12
Views: 3831

Do all files have the same structure (metadata)? If so, probably the easiest approach is to use one Sequential File stage with a Filter command (such as TYPE file1 file2 file3... ) to capture all rows from all files.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Environment variables: Where else, besides in job parameter?
Replies: 5
Views: 1572

Which user's .profile did you update?
by ray.wurlod
Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:36 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Converting text to First Letter Capitalisation
Replies: 19
Views: 16850

Apart from using a BASIC Transformer stage doing Oconv(), you mean?