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by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:27 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Fetching records from a Db2 API Stage
Replies: 1
Views: 811

Moderator: please remove this duplicate post

Others: please respond to other post
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:26 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Importing Progress table definitions
Replies: 3
Views: 1282

You are getting whatever the ODBC driver reports during import. The only way to change that is to edit it afterwards (or perhaps to get a different ODBC driver).
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:20 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Error : out of memory space.
Replies: 3
Views: 1281

Re: Error : out of memory space.

Hello all, I am getting an error in a server job as out of memory space.what might be the problem? Thanks The problem is that you're out of memory space. Something on your system is eating memory (actually, everything is). You need to apply some diagnostic tools, such as vmstat, to identify the cul...
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:19 pm
Forum:
Topic: Copying Objects between categories
Replies: 3
Views: 1141

Not sure that this can be automated; but then every site I've worked at elect to use moderate publication, so perhaps there's something that I've not encountered.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:09 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Datastage server Maintainence
Replies: 24
Views: 11164

Yes. And RT_STATUS*** as well.

These are hashed files, and therefore directory/*30 structures, rather than operating system files.

They have corresponding VOC entries.

There are other VOC entries containing last modified information.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:07 am
Forum: General
Topic: Pythagorean Dates
Replies: 2
Views: 2603

The longer I remain in this business the crazier are the business "requirements" that I encounter!
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:05 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Error loading a file.
Replies: 6
Views: 1496

Welcome aboard. :D When you run a DataStage job from Director there is a Job Run Options dialog that has a Limits tab. It is here that the limit of 50 warnings was set. Investigate the job log to find out what is causing these warnings, and correct the cause. The job should then run satisfactorily.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:02 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Retrieve Warning messages at run time
Replies: 17
Views: 4544

Ask the vendor about a class called Programming with DataStage BASIC which used to be on the books.

If they are no longer offering it, ask whether DSXchange (through its Strategies2Learn partner) might be able to provide such training.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:00 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: $UserStatus and Dynamic Arrays
Replies: 5
Views: 1367

None whatsoever. You can store anything into a job's user status area, including a dynamic array of arbitrary structure. Whether the activity $UserStatus accurately retrieves this, or truncates it to field #1 only, is something I've never tested. It ought not to - so if you can reproduce it and need...
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:57 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Failure during execution of operator logic.
Replies: 2
Views: 2100

Lose the illegal outer-join part of your query.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:56 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Automated job generation
Replies: 5
Views: 2311

ProfileStage can generate a target database specification and mapping document from source data (analyzed), and also generate DSX files. So clearly it's possible.

But, again, why do you want to re-invent the wheel?
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:49 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: CAn we capture the JOBSTATUS in After job subroutine
Replies: 5
Views: 1876

You can do this by asking for the "interim status" - the status that the job would have if its after-job subroutine weren't keeping it running.

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DSGetJobInfo(DSJ.ME, DSJ.JOBINTERIMSTATUS)
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:48 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: merge stage
Replies: 4
Views: 1029

The server Merge stage requires two File Name properties. It reads those files, and places the join specified between them onto its output link.

It does not support input links of any kind.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: "Running" State (Job Hung)
Replies: 6
Views: 1675

<irony>
Also "friendly fire". All complaints to billg@microsoft.com. Who will probably suggest replacing your ETL tool with the infinitely superior Microsoft product (believing everything that Microsoft marketing says). </irony>
by ray.wurlod
Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:45 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Hash Partitioning on columns with same values
Replies: 4
Views: 1182

The reason for that is that every "A" will generate the same hashvalue.

It's the same as in SQL - if you group by a column that contains only one distinct value you will end up with one group.

Prefer Round Robin or Random, or partition on a different key.