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by ray.wurlod
Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:22 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Limits on number of links out of a Switch/ into a Join
Replies: 4
Views: 1028

So your job also features a Switch stage with 18 links?

If not, you're hijacking this thread, which we frown upon.

Please begin a new thread, with a meaningful subject.

This will assist future searchers.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:23 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Oracle stage error in 8.1
Replies: 7
Views: 1483

So find out, and inform us, what is different between the environment where it does work and the environment where it does not work. "Nothing" is not the correct answer, though the difference may be external to DataStage. Or it may not be. You have to be the detective.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:19 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Reject Link from Join
Replies: 3
Views: 822

Merge consumes one key from the Update input. Merge is documented as requiring de-duplicated Update inputs if there is more than one.

Lookup can return multiple rows, but has to be set to allow this. By default Lookup returns one row, and generates a warning if more than one is found.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:16 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: DataStage not identifying Varchar
Replies: 4
Views: 1005

It returns 1, since 45e45 is numeric (provided EXACTNUMERIC is sufficiently large).

You don't even need a routine. Use EVAL in a query.

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SELECT EVAL "NUM('45e45')" FROM VOC FIRST 1;
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:10 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Reject Link from Join
Replies: 3
Views: 822

No, because there is no such thing as a reject from a join. Just as in SQL you get the result of the join. Sure this may not include all rows from the inputs, depending on the rules of the join, but there are never any rejects per se.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:07 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Variable length records loading to multiple tables
Replies: 11
Views: 2522

When you mark a thread as Resolved it is customary to make a post indicating how it was resolved. This assists future searchers.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:01 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Can i read .xls file in datastage
Replies: 3
Views: 1265

When you mark a thread as Resolved, please make a post indicating how it was resolved.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:58 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: DataStage not identifying Varchar
Replies: 14
Views: 5007

Code tags, not Quote tags!
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:55 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Reporting Assistant
Replies: 1
Views: 955

The Reporting Assistant was deprecated at (after) version 5.2, before stage variables existed in DataStage. Therefore I am not surprised that it can not handle stage variables.

The idea was to push people into using MetaStage for their metadata reporting requirements.

There is no solution to this.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:51 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Problem after upgrading from DS version 6 to version 7.1
Replies: 5
Views: 1622

Variable JobName is not assigned anywhere.

You are probably getting "variable not assigned, zero-length string used" errors logged, and it's always trying to get information about the job whose name is "" (and which does not exist).
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to resolve "Can't open DS_JOBOBJECTS" error
Replies: 21
Views: 9505

This potentially is bad news. Do you have an export/backup of your project?

To verify whether DS_JOBOBJECTS is indeed corrupted, run the following command, from the Administrator client Command window.

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UVFIXFILE DS_JOBOBJECTS
Post the results.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:16 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Hashed file
Replies: 10
Views: 1917

You can't. Only the Moderator can.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:15 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: DataStage File format issue while splitting in UNIX
Replies: 4
Views: 4076

DataStage does whatever you program it to do (like all computer programs). However you have given us no idea at all what that is. Until you do, there is no way we can help. Also, can you be more precise about "the" DataStage job? Does your script invoke this once per file created by csplit...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:11 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Unrecognized argument:
Replies: 8
Views: 2175

How about you Search DSXchange for "User status"? It's been discussed many times before, with full explanations.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:09 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Problem after upgrading from DS version 6 to version 7.1
Replies: 5
Views: 1622

Wrap your code in Code tags so indenting is preserved. It's too hard to analyze otherwise.

Where is the ErrorExit label?