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by chulett
Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:42 am
Forum: General
Topic: CLEAR.FILE - complains file is read-only
Replies: 3
Views: 1451

Who actually owns the RT_LOG hashed file and its components? Does it work if you log in as that user?
by chulett
Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:44 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: parallel job fails to load records saying prior component
Replies: 4
Views: 1157

I got 29 matches when searching for "because of a prior component", so it's not like this question has never been asked before.
by chulett
Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:38 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Using sequence job to read multiple files of directory
Replies: 18
Views: 10634

Sounds like you are passing the entire list to the Job Activity stage parameter rather than just the 'current' filename from the list based on the loop counter $Counter - see this post for one example of many here.
by chulett
Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:30 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Executing via DSJOB command
Replies: 9
Views: 5618

He did.
by chulett
Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: Plug-in stage property (SOURCE_TABLES) is not defined
Replies: 3
Views: 1473

You'd have to tell us. Were patches applied, either to the O/S or (more probably) the DataStage product?
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Craig Passes 20000 Posts
Replies: 15
Views: 7365

Pffttt... we're all always gonna be riding drag on the Ray Wurlod cattle drive.
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Craig Passes 20000 Posts
Replies: 15
Views: 7365

Yes, please, let's not... I have to live with that shame every day. :cry:
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:22 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How many processes are created when waiting for file
Replies: 2
Views: 1254

But it ages rather rapidly and, like most old folks, sleeps less and less as time goes on.
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:21 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Datastage conectivity to Navision
Replies: 1
Views: 1544

Re: Datastage conectivity to Navision

Looks like ODBC is the mechanism of choice, unless they've opted for SQL Server under the covers.

http://www.easysoft.com/applications/mi ... -odbc.html
koojo wrote:What are the ETL capabilities of Navision?
Best to ask that question someplace more... Navision specific.
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:15 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Contains Terminators option to handle newlines in Sequential
Replies: 9
Views: 3672

You don't need to. However, you should ask the source system to properly quote any string values.
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:11 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Deadlock condition when writing to SQL Server
Replies: 6
Views: 2943

I'm not sure how much stock I'd put into sites like that one. :? Best Practice is to minimize the number of DB stages and thus the number of connections consumed, something which also lets the work be done as a single transaction if desired and helps avoid most deadlock / RI issues. Much like Mike, ...
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:55 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Read caching disabled, file size exceeds cache size
Replies: 12
Views: 6402

Exactly. What's the alleged curse? Ah, yes... May you live in interesting times. :wink:
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Exact purpose of lookup
Replies: 4
Views: 2023

Parallel Job Developer's Guide pdf, Chapter 20... or thereabouts.
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Craig Passes 20000 Posts
Replies: 15
Views: 7365

Yikes! Get a life! :wink:
by chulett
Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:31 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Lookup Generating ORA-01036: illegal variable name/number
Replies: 13
Views: 7318

Now you are responding to the original poster's question rather than the 'hijack' by Suresh, which is what we are currently addressing. :idea: People, please start your own post even when it seems like you have "the same problem" as someone else. You don't, you have your own perhaps simila...