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by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:28 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: SortMerge Collector
Replies: 2
Views: 1277

That is precisely what SortMerge collector does.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:24 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Unable to View data using a ODBC stage
Replies: 6
Views: 3007

What "database type" is DRS using?
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:23 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Deleting table definitions
Replies: 4
Views: 1444

Change SELECT to DELETE in this query and you have it!
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:46 am
Forum: Information Analyzer (formerly ProfileStage)
Topic: xml output
Replies: 3
Views: 2112

Don't try to do it using Information Analyzer.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:13 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: date validation
Replies: 1
Views: 1048

IsValid() is the common function you require.

You could have had that answer even faster had you bothered to Search
by ray.wurlod
Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: Reset the aborted DS jobs using UNIX script
Replies: 2
Views: 1792

Welcome aboard. You can automate in either of two ways. Using Job Sequences Set up job activities to "reset if required, then run". Using Scripts 1. Use dsjob command ( -jobinfo ) to determine the job status (and therefore whether it needs to be reset). 2. If it needs to be reset use dsjob...
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:01 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How do to pattern matching in stage variable
Replies: 10
Views: 3113

That's a totally different question, not a "changed requirement".

Please begin a new thread, so future searchers are not confused.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:48 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Stages Locked & client hang
Replies: 5
Views: 1796

Let me reiterate Craig's advice - if you've never edited the Registry get help. You can totally destroy Windows if you don't know what you're doing (and even if you do!).
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:09 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Count of number of jobs
Replies: 3
Views: 1293

It also counts all the control records (such as category definitions).

You need to constrain the query to eliminate these.

Code: Select all

SELECT JOBTYPEIND, COUNT(*) FROM DS_JOBS WHERE NAME NOT LIKE '//%' GROUP BY JOBTYPEIND;
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:07 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Stopping an MQ-reading job
Replies: 12
Views: 4029

I normally use a file. Check periodically that the file exists (or does not exist) using a WaitForFile activity, and rename (or create) the file to notify the job sequence to shut down.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:29 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to call a routine in PX job
Replies: 5
Views: 1328

This is probably because you have a mix of formats: m/d/yyyy, mm/d/yyyy and mm/dd/yyyy.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:28 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Capturing Reject records
Replies: 15
Views: 4039

Now, if I replace Seq File (at the other end of Reject link) with Peek, it works. So, any idea why I am not able to use Seq file to capture the rejected records. Because the columns collection is a property of the link. If you directly connect the two passive stages, then the link is visible to eac...
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:25 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: StringToTimestamp err
Replies: 23
Views: 5041

Please give some examples of the content in DSLink8.Eff_date field.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:24 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Timestamp with Microseconds in Parallel
Replies: 6
Views: 2791

What format string are you using in DataStage for the timestamp?