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by ray.wurlod
Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:23 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Best way to add a column conditionally to a sequential file
Replies: 7
Views: 2742

Yes, that's my suggested approach (once I'd understood your # to belong to "Row" and not to "=").
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jul 05, 2013 8:02 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Ampersand sign in XML Stage Causing error
Replies: 6
Views: 4465

The EReplace() function can replace multiple instances. If you're earlier than 9.1, track down the pxEReplace() function published on DSXchange.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:37 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Incorrect allignment while generating CSV file using DS job.
Replies: 7
Views: 2826

Each field is missing its opening quote. Have a severe talk with the data provider.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:35 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Join stage clarification
Replies: 2
Views: 1329

Multi-input left outer join works the same way it does in a query engine. Essentially pairwise, left to right.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:54 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: APT_CombinedOperatorController,0: error
Replies: 13
Views: 5090

"Resource" here is the decoding of the error code, and the "resource bundle" - essentially the table containing the error test - cannot be found because neither of the indicated environment variables has been set. The solution is to set one of them. To find out which stage is thr...
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:52 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Incorrect allignment while generating CSV file using DS job.
Replies: 7
Views: 2826

What should you be getting, and what format settings are you using?
by ray.wurlod
Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:24 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Compile Failure C++ error
Replies: 8
Views: 5161

Ah. There's "compile" and then there's "compile". Parallel jobs with Transformer stages can be recompiled without recompiling the Transformer stage (the bit that needs C++) if the Transformer stage is unchanged. This is to make the compile process quicker. However, a Force Compil...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problem with Encrypted Env variable ****
Replies: 5
Views: 1478

Double check and triple check what's being passed where. What values are being received by the job when it starts (look at the "job starting" entry in its log)? What values are being passed when the job run is requested (look in the "job run requested" event in the sequence log. ...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:55 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: XML extraction error, in the XPATH prefix
Replies: 1
Views: 2036

Check the XSD, where the name space defns should be defined.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Same linux command returning different results?
Replies: 2
Views: 758

Check the two commands again, looking for invisible characters such as space or tab.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: obdqueryapp is not running for Operation Console
Replies: 9
Views: 3996

OK we will await the result of your investigations.

Don't forget to check for expired password.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:36 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Upsert is not working in Netezza Connector stage
Replies: 4
Views: 4289

Have you correctly marked key columns as "Key" in your metadata?
by ray.wurlod
Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:35 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Calling Stored Procedure from datastage
Replies: 1
Views: 1444

The Stored Procedure didn't return anything. DataStage has informed you of that fact.
by ray.wurlod
Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: obdqueryapp is not running for Operation Console
Replies: 9
Views: 3996

Have you created the connection to DSODB ?

For example, can you import its table definition using the Connector Import Wizard (ODBC)?
by ray.wurlod
Tue Jul 02, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Client throws an error as failure in repository access....
Replies: 2
Views: 2402

Look at the WebSphere Application Server log SystemOut.log to determine the exact cause.

For example, the password for accessing the database may have expired.