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by chulett
Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Extract of log file using DSGetLogEntry not working
Replies: 31
Views: 7284

And? I'm aware of that.
by chulett
Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: Extract of log file using DSGetLogEntry not working
Replies: 31
Views: 7284

Putting a real email here probably wasn't something you meant to do, I redacted it. In your shoes I'd start by adding some 'bread crumbs', calls to DSLogInfo() for the values you are fetching to start the debugging process. Don't forget you are putting everything into a dynamic array which won't pre...
by chulett
Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:36 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to pass data value to next PX job parameter?
Replies: 7
Views: 2660

You've written it to a file. Use a sequence job to read the file and pass in the parameter and then schedule the sequence job. Or use a script and schedule the script.
by chulett
Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:09 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Sqlldr error
Replies: 5
Views: 1526

Re: Sqlldr error

adela.mihaela1 wrote:db_AGG_PBM_MEASURES,0: The system(sqlldr CONTROL=ora.12882.963259.0.ctl LOG=ora.12882.963259.0.log BAD=ora.12882.963259.0.log.bad SILENT=header PARFILE=ora.12882.963259.0.par) failed; see the log file for the Oracle specific message.
Emphasis mine. Have you checked the log, as noted?
by chulett
Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:05 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Sqlldr error
Replies: 5
Views: 1526

And now we're on 'the right page'. :wink:

Since these were your first posts I had to guess what your version and O/S were. Feel free to edit your post if those are wrong.
by chulett
Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:00 am
Forum: General
Topic: Is there a lower case function in DataStage?
Replies: 6
Views: 3695

To expand on that, compare the field value with a downcase'd version of the same field. If they are equal then you know it came in all lowercase.
by chulett
Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:51 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ODBC Connector Stage options
Replies: 16
Views: 6238

Ah... I only have up through the 8.5 documentation that I can check locally.
by chulett
Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:45 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ODBC Connector Stage options
Replies: 16
Views: 6238

I don't see anything in the documentation that indicates that the ODBC Connector supports reading SQL from a file. Unless someone here knows otherwise, time to involve your official support provider it would seem, see what they say your options are.
by chulett
Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:20 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: slow execution of simple job using Oracle connector
Replies: 7
Views: 2338

Can we start with an explanation of what "uses a PL_SQL CASE statement to apply the changes" means? Thanks. That and what settings you are using in the Connector.
by chulett
Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:14 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ODBC Connector Stage options
Replies: 16
Views: 6238

... and exactly what settings are you using in the stage?
by chulett
Fri Nov 15, 2013 2:04 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ODBC Connector Stage options
Replies: 16
Views: 6238

Interesting... you managed to not answer any of the questions I asked.
by chulett
Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:32 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ODBC Connector Stage options
Replies: 16
Views: 6238

Define 'not working'... what happens? What error message(s) do you see? What settings are you using in the stage?
by chulett
Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:31 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: xml input stage URL issue
Replies: 8
Views: 3425

Fine... but start by fixing your use of the External Source stage then see of those are even an issue.

http://dsrealtime.wordpress.com/2007/12 ... -a-source/
by chulett
Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: xml input stage URL issue
Replies: 8
Views: 3425

Fortunately, you can see enough to solve your problem.
by chulett
Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:58 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: xml input stage URL issue
Replies: 8
Views: 3425

Your methods are crossed... the External Source stage should provide just the file name/path if you are using the URL option in the XML stage. This so the XML stage does the actual reading of the file.