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by qt_ky
Thu Nov 20, 2014 4:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Could not uninstall Datastage
Replies: 1
Views: 1399

There is a section in the IBM Knowledge Center web site about manually removing the software from each tier. Follow all those steps then reboot. After removing software from a Windows machine, I always like to run the CCleaner utility to clean up the registry. It scans the registry and often finds h...
by qt_ky
Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:51 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ODBC stage: EXECUTE STATEMENT DOES NOT IDENTIFY A VALID
Replies: 4
Views: 2377

This page has the error, cause, and resolution (not sure if you're using this particular method of connection or not):

http://knowledgebase.progress.com/articles/Article/6058
by qt_ky
Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:42 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Leading Zero in RCP Job
Replies: 14
Views: 11722

:shock:

Go for a Server job.
by qt_ky
Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:40 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Tracking user id from which job has been run
Replies: 7
Views: 4102

I usually just look at the user name in the detailed job log entries, although what shows up there can vary depending on user registry type and whether or not credential mapping is used.
by qt_ky
Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Installation Under sudo
Replies: 3
Views: 1207

Best case: Get your own ID with access to run the "sudo su -" command then you are free to do all the pre-req steps, install, stop and start, and maintain the application ongoing. The bottom line is that someone who knows the software very well, and has time allocated to properly support t...
by qt_ky
Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Installation Under sudo
Replies: 3
Views: 1207

Every place I have been has not allowed a direct login as root due to security. You always have to login with any other ID that has been given sudo access to switch user to the root user, then you run through the necessary commands and pre-checks, like umask, ulimit, ISA Lite, etc., then run the set...
by qt_ky
Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:20 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Performance issue with SQL Server
Replies: 8
Views: 4973

The 8 minute delay between job log entries is just a possible misinterpretation. The detailed job log entries show up in the log ... eventually, when they feel like it. It does not mean that 8 minutes went by between a node 0 insert and a node 1 insert. I often see this situation where one node's SQ...
by qt_ky
Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:15 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: "View data" shows data but job aborts
Replies: 6
Views: 3021

I have definitely run into this issue before, due to special characters in the password. Thanks for sharing.
by qt_ky
Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:18 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: TIME CONVERSION
Replies: 12
Views: 6632

Yes it just leaves a little too much up to my imagination. :wink: A really, really bad call in real life could go on for 50 hours and 30 seconds. Just curious in the data if that would look like 3000.30 or if calls > 59 minutes may be filtered out. If the latter, then the conversion logic is simpler.
by qt_ky
Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:13 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: TIME CONVERSION
Replies: 12
Views: 6632

This looks like a Server job question; StringToTime is a parallel function.

So just to confirm, what does the actual input data look like for call times over an hour? That example makes a difference in your logic.
by qt_ky
Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:20 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Creation of sequential files using a dynamic parameter
Replies: 3
Views: 1698

If you have already pieced together a solution, congratulations! The Big Data File stage allows one to generate multiple files and specify labeling and processing order (per the documentation). I have not had opportunity to test that yet. I do not think it could be based on data in one of your field...
by qt_ky
Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:07 am
Forum: General
Topic: dsapi_slave consuiming 99% CPU when no jobs running
Replies: 3
Views: 1904

I would never consider that to be normal but I have seen the same behavior from time to time. I always kill those "runaway" processes. Also as ArndW mentioned, kill client processes that are older than a day. We request our developers to close their clients each day before they leave work....
by qt_ky
Sat Nov 15, 2014 3:39 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to pass multiples file names from table to variable?
Replies: 9
Views: 2595

Could you take an intermediate step to loop through the list of files and move or copy each one into an empty subdirectory? Then your job can point to that location using a file pattern to read *.txt.
by qt_ky
Sat Nov 15, 2014 2:48 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: compare current record with previous & next record
Replies: 7
Views: 4966

Re: compare current record with previous & next record

bicap wrote:This is comparison of current record with previous group and next group.
If you can think of it in terms of a comparison of the current record with the previous group only, it may simplify the logic.
by qt_ky
Sat Nov 15, 2014 7:52 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: APT_IMPORT_HANDLE_SHORT env var
Replies: 1
Views: 2226

APT_IMPORT_HANDLE_SHORT env var

For your information: The APT_IMPORT_HANDLE_SHORT environment variable appears to be new in version 11.3.x. If you set it when reading a file, it is supposed to assign default values, or assign null if nullable, to columns that are missing, instead of rejecting such records. More details are availab...