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by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Restoring VOC
Replies: 10
Views: 3578

You don't have to copy the entire VOC file - indeed this would be bad because you would lose all the "local" entries. You only need to copy the pertinent record. First, set a pointer to the other VOC using SET.FILE command. SET.FILE projectname VOC OTHERVOC Then effect the copy. COPY FROM ...
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Starting a job from PC
Replies: 6
Views: 2746

I thought you said you'd copied dsjob executable and its dlls. Why are you using call ?
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: issue with DS.TOOLS menu not working from adminstrator.
Replies: 9
Views: 2925

pandeesh wrote:It Looks he is getting the error:

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DS.TOLLS is not in your VOC
even though he executes DS.TOOLS
To use an Australian expression, "Bullshit!".
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:16 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Getting non-proper sequence result by surrogate stage
Replies: 6
Views: 1476

It appears that some other job is using the same state file to generate key values.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to call DataStage job from different server
Replies: 5
Views: 1747

Add -domain, -user and -password options.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:14 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: scenario
Replies: 13
Views: 5668

Pivot.
Sort (if necessary).
Count.
Pivot.

Terse.
Yes.
Like your subject.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to handle this issue?
Replies: 3
Views: 1959

Re: How to handle this issue?

dongyingying wrote:...so i need to loops and nest condition and sequencer
No you don't. You can create two parallel streams of processing independently in the one sequence.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:12 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: container
Replies: 4
Views: 1201

Not possible.

A shared container has fixed functionality. It can not be used to write in one job and read in another.

Create two "companion" shared containers.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:10 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Mask in Hash file key colums.
Replies: 5
Views: 1565

In a Hashed File stage you must use the entire key.

You can use a UniVerse stage if you want to use a partial key.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:46 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Need to Insert a character in a string at particular positio
Replies: 5
Views: 1829

Assuming the string is exactly nine characters long:

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InLink.TheString[1,3] : "^" : InLink.TheString[4,3] : "^" : InLink.TheString[7,3]
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: issue with DS.TOOLS menu not working from adminstrator.
Replies: 9
Views: 2925

DS.TOOLS is not the same as DS.TOLLS.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:18 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: container
Replies: 4
Views: 1201

You need to have selected one or more stages.
by ray.wurlod
Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:17 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Issue with Random() function
Replies: 8
Views: 5457

You can seed the random number generator in DataStage. I'd recommend something based on time (seconds since midnight, for example), possibly multiplied by numeric date components.
by ray.wurlod
Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:52 pm
Forum: IBM QualityStage
Topic: Remove the Numeric from US Name Standardization rule set
Replies: 3
Views: 1611

Given that it's version 8.x, I'd simply use a Transformer stage upstream of the Standardization stage. Beware, however, that there are some strange individuals out there who insist on the numeric (for example "HEN3RY" is "Henry with a silent three"). They're more likely to be fou...
by ray.wurlod
Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:51 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Performance Statistics shows 0 rows
Replies: 11
Views: 4831

Check that your shared library search path (for example LD_LIBRARY_PATH) is correct.