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by SAMEENA
Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:14 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Sequence - Possibility of Shell Script
Replies: 20
Views: 9923

Hi, In Execute Command Activity please set the following: Command : cat Parameters: <path>/<filename> <path> - the location where your file is stored. <filename> - name of the file In the trigger of the Execute command activity - For Current Account , select expression type as custom and in expressi...
by SAMEENA
Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:09 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Problem with lookup condition continue
Replies: 4
Views: 2069

Hi,
In the query check for nullability should also be there
The query should be like -

CASE when x IS NULL......or CASE when x IS NOT NULL....
by SAMEENA
Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:12 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: parameters
Replies: 5
Views: 2388

In the scenario you have quoted , put job paramater name simply in the derivation field of the column in the transformer.Dont put any '#' or any quote.

For eg. If your job parameter is Test....Then your derivation filed in the transformer for that column should be Test.
by SAMEENA
Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:11 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: parameters
Replies: 5
Views: 2388

In the scenario you have quoted , put job paramater name simply in the derivation field of the column in the transformer.Dont put any '#' or any quote.

For eg. If your job parameter is Test....Then your derivation filed in the transformer for that column should be Test.
by SAMEENA
Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:21 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: parameters
Replies: 5
Views: 2388

Hi! Please inform which in stage you intend to parameterise column. For eg if you are usind a db2 database stage DB2/UDB API then you simply need to put '#<Job Parameter>#' in Output --> Column --> Derivation and it would fetch the value of job parameter in that column. Or you can modify SQL to incl...
by SAMEENA
Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:19 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: parameters
Replies: 5
Views: 2388

Hi! Please inform which in stage you intend to parameterise column. For eg if you are usind a db2 database stage DB2/UDB API then you simply need to put '#<Job Parameter>#' in Output --> Column --> Derivation and it would fetch the value of job parameter in that column. Or you can modify SQL to incl...
by SAMEENA
Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:10 am
Forum: General
Topic: Data Satge Architecture
Replies: 6
Views: 3216

Hi Ray,
Please let me know if there is any reading material available on such commands.


Thanks in advance.
by SAMEENA
Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Data Satge Architecture
Replies: 6
Views: 3216

Hi Ray,
Please let me know if there is any reading material available on such commands.


Thanks in advance.
by SAMEENA
Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Data Satge Architecture
Replies: 6
Views: 3216

Hi Chulett, Thanks for the informative link. I have a query after going through this FAQ: If eah project is a schema residing on Universe Database then how come DSParams is a file which can be read , copied etc. Besides is there any way to query this repository for our needs as in if I want to query...
by SAMEENA
Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Data Satge Architecture
Replies: 6
Views: 3216

Data Satge Architecture

Hi all,
I have been using data stage tool for quite some time now.But am still not clear about its architecture.It would be great if any one suggest some books or links which might be useful.

thanks in advance.
by SAMEENA
Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:56 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Lookup stage is returning a value even on lookup failure
Replies: 4
Views: 2060

Hi,
If the column is non nullable then in case of lookup failure , the returned value is 0 or empty string depending upon the datatype of the column.
by SAMEENA
Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:22 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Overhead due to "Allow Multiple Instance"
Replies: 2
Views: 1523

Overhead due to "Allow Multiple Instance"

Hi, For loading large volume of records from a sequential file to a DB2 database table,I noticed that the speed inreased significantly(it almost doubled) if I checked the "Allow Multiple Instance" chek box. I just want to know if this would inrease overhead in some way or would it have any...
by SAMEENA
Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:59 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Trim on char datatype
Replies: 11
Views: 5768

Hi everyone, I have a similar problem. The database we are using is DB2. In my job I read data from a table using DB2 API stage and write it in a sequential file. Now in the table I have a field with char(30).When I insert a record with empty string in this column and after doing a ftp; open the seq...
by SAMEENA
Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:12 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: if then else issue
Replies: 18
Views: 5479

Hi Sam,
Did you try reading the output as 'varchar'.I mean,did you try defining the column as 'varchar' in the output metadat of lookup itself?