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by ajith
Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:06 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Datetime field overflow error
Replies: 17
Views: 14467

use TimeStampToString(DSJOBTIMESTAMP,"%yyyy-%mm-%dd %hh:%nn:%ss") in the transformer, that would help Thats a px function and of no use in a server job. prmuttireddy, how d ... oops, I apologise for the mistake,Thanks to DSGuru for pointing that out for me under routines->sdk->Date there ...
by ajith
Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:39 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Datetime field overflow error
Replies: 17
Views: 14467

Hi Ajit, Thanks for your reply.But i am not getting solution.In source generated query for Timestamp it has used as TO_CHAR(source fieldname, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'). But in this case how to keep the conversion for that default DSJOBTIMESTAMP value. Regards, Reddy. use TimeStampToString(DSJOBTIMES...
by ajith
Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:02 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: compilation error - transformer stage
Replies: 18
Views: 7121

Why not try replace the IsNull()/IsNotNull() with a NullToEmpty like this - If (i/p_column1 = "A" AND trim(NullToEmpty(ip_column2))<>"") Then ip_column2[1,7] ELSE SetNull() Or if you want to use to IFs (not adviced) - If i/p_column1 = "A" Then (If trim(NullToEmpty(ip_c...
by ajith
Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:15 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Join - comment info confusing!
Replies: 2
Views: 1380

Re: Join - comment info confusing!

Hello, New to DS so would appreciate any help! I am looking at a join which has the following comment... "Performs cartesian product of the Facilty Expiry Date records with Time band codes". Does anyone have any idea what this means?! Thanks. Welcome aboard Newbie, Cartesian product is a ...
by ajith
Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:53 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: What does Runtime Column Propogation mean?
Replies: 3
Views: 1687

Re: RCP

Thanks Ajith, But i am not still clear with when it should be turned on. Thanks In normal cases when you are sure about metadata you can keep it off. If you want to use RCP with certain stages (Sequential File,File Set ,External Source, External Target,Column Import, Column Export) RCP should be tu...
by ajith
Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:25 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Datetime field overflow error
Replies: 17
Views: 14467

Re: Datetime field overflow error

Hi, I have been using the following scenario. DRS stage(source)---->Trans Stage---->DRS stage(target) In Target table i have one filed as Maritus_DT and data type is Date.I have changed that filed data type to Timestamp.But that field not exists in the Source.so i have given the default value as &q...
by ajith
Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:30 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Can We calculate the no. of Alpha Char. in a string
Replies: 6
Views: 3609

Re: Can We calculate the no. of Alpha Char. in a string

Hi All :D , I have to do a validation on a Varchar field as follows.... 1) First Char must be Alpha---i got this using function Alpha(Left(inxfmLoadData1.DFSNAM,1)) = 1 2) Valid char.. r Alphabets,Blanks,Hypens and Apostrophes... 3) Blanks,Hypens and Apostrophes must not be adjacent Can anybody Hel...
by ajith
Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Stages in Enterprise Edition
Replies: 3
Views: 1413

Re: Stages in Enterprise Edition

Hi all, Could anyone please let me know all the stage in Enterprise Edition. Infact, I'm in doubt ------ Is there DRM/DRS/Dynamic RDBMS stage in Enterprise Edition??? Thanks and Regards, Satish There are about 52 stages in EE which includes Oracle Enterprise Stage, DB2/UDB Enterprise Stage,Teradata...
by ajith
Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:05 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: SIGKILL Problem
Replies: 5
Views: 4118

is this the problem with only one job or every job? , I am asking this because are you sure that your configuration file is working well. Because, It says Premature EOF on node tfukmhfirp1 No such file or directory can you check the Config file for that node and check everything is all right? I can ...
by ajith
Tue Dec 12, 2006 1:17 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to increase the Sequence number in PX from Oracle
Replies: 14
Views: 9216

Re: How to increase the Sequence number in PX from Oracle

Hi All, I am loading the data in to Oracle9i table using PX. But before loading, I want to retrieve the maximum value of the Sl_No (a sequence number) in to a stage variable and then want to use that value for further to get the next serial number for the incoming source recordas there are some pri...
by ajith
Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:28 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: how to handle the warnings when using the stingTodate
Replies: 8
Views: 3346

I used TrimLeadingandTrilig funcion,but warning is still comining can u post the transformation you are doing and the datatypes and lengths of inputs and outputs. More importantly, Check whether your conversion works, If everything is fine, just ignore the warnings, It signifies nothing then. If yo...
by ajith
Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:45 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: dsjob command
Replies: 9
Views: 4858

Hi ajith, Thank you very much!! For exporting this, do we need to be in the root or in DSEngine subfolder?? Can you please give me the steps involved for executing this 'dsjob' command? You dont have to be root, This is not a permanent solution too, It is just for that shell. you have to execute th...
by ajith
Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:19 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: dsjob command
Replies: 9
Views: 4858

Hi ajith, Do you mean that first i have to be in bin subfolder and execute the following?? ./dsjob -run -mode NORMAL ./etl/ascential/Ascential/DataStage/Projects/<project> ./etl/ascential/Ascential/DataStage/<jobname> I am getting ld.so.1: dsjob: fatal: libvmdsapi.so: open failed: No such file or d...
by ajith
Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:13 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: conversion warning :---decimal_from_string data lost
Replies: 4
Views: 4380

ajmore wrote:Hi...
I had applied the Trim function to the Col..previously only.. now also tried for TrimLeadingTrailing but again it is showing the same warnings...

Are you sure that your data is valid ...

Can u check the rows u are having a problem and find out whether the data is fine
by ajith
Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:39 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: conversion warning :---decimal_from_string data lost
Replies: 4
Views: 4380

Re: conversion warning :---decimal_from_string data lost

Hi All :D , I am getting the following warning during conversion of a string(9) to decimal(9)....I am using StringToDecimal(colName) function in transformer Stage. :!: t3xfrmIIINQ0,2: Conversion error calling conversion routine decimal_from_string data may have been lost. Can anybody suggest a work...