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by ray.wurlod
Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:29 am
Forum: General
Topic: kernal parameters
Replies: 4
Views: 1614

Kernel parameters control the operating system and the resources that it can provide to applications. They may be stored in one file, they may be stored in several files - it depends on which kind of UNIX you're running. But however they're stored, you can be fairly certain that they're only accessi...
by ray.wurlod
Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: SQL Server stored procedure Vs Datastage.
Replies: 6
Views: 3065

That's terribly one sided. Does your new senior have to do the same?
What's the stored procedure solution for Postgres DB?
by ray.wurlod
Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:25 am
Forum: IBM QualityStage
Topic: physical location of the standardization rule set files in t
Replies: 12
Views: 4297

On the server there's a directory called Quality in the project directory. The ruleset files are store in this directory. Therefore you need rwx permission to this directory for the agent process (usually given to the dstage group). If no rule sets have been provisioned this directory may not exist,...
by ray.wurlod
Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:21 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Logic needed
Replies: 16
Views: 8197

blewip wrote:Run it sequentially

If the data get partitioned it won't do what you want.
False. If the data are partitioned properly it will do what is required.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:20 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ODBC Connector Error
Replies: 2
Views: 1912

Might be worth re-indexing your project repository.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:19 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: how to handle the escape code in sequential file stage
Replies: 2
Views: 1376

Use type VarChar or set the length sufficiently longer.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:16 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Pattern Matching
Replies: 11
Views: 4366

I don't believe DataStage can do this. You might try using a sparse lookup (assuming you have a database that supports the same) with LIKE in the user-defined SQL.
by ray.wurlod
Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:13 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Server routine for sql server Stuff()
Replies: 2
Views: 926

Funnily enough, you can use the substring operator on the left hand side of an assignment statement to achieve exactly the same result. Even out of range position specifiers are handled. Ans = input_string Ans[start_position,length_str] = replace_string replace_string is truncated or right-padded wi...
by ray.wurlod
Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Unable to access DataStage Credentials screen on Inf. Server
Replies: 2
Views: 3414

It was unexpected. Is it repeatable? Have you tried re-starting all the services?
by ray.wurlod
Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: SQL Server stored procedure Vs Datastage.
Replies: 6
Views: 3065

If the stored procedures don't already exist, then using DataStage would allow you to take advantage of Runtime Column Propagation and the change detection stages. You might be able to get away with one job to do the lot!
by ray.wurlod
Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:53 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Null handling of Timestamp field in Modifystage
Replies: 3
Views: 4102

Do you need to use an in-band null or an out-of-band null?
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:38 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Flat Files reading
Replies: 4
Views: 2226

Read the file as if it has one field.

Downstream of that in a Transformer stage, count the number of fields into a stage variable, possibly using the DCount() function. Base the constraint expressions on the two output links on that stage variable's value.
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:36 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Surrogate Key Generator questions
Replies: 41
Views: 8392

You could replace the angle bracket notation with a Field() function.

Code: Select all

Field(rtn.$CommandOutput, @FM, 1, 1)
by ray.wurlod
Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:34 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Conversion of Time from EST to GMT.
Replies: 12
Views: 7416

The System() function is not in the Repository - it is internal to the DataStage BASIC language itself. I assume, from other threads, that your premium membership is now operational again and that you can read the entirety of my earlier post. It does not require a routine at all, but shows an approa...