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When I used Informatica I could point to a table locally and bring it in as a source (say for an initial population or test load). I could also access the unix side if I wanted to store an output file. Just making datastage did or did not have the same functionality before I went down the FTP path.

Sorry should have been more specifc. I want to bring in a csv file as a source table in datastage but do not want to have to FTP it to unix first. Can datastage (unix setup) read csv or txt files off of a local drive.

Thanks

Is there a way to access a CSV file on my local drive without FTP'n it into the UNIX environment.

Ok I have tried to follow the postings on this issue but I am perplexed as I am not a backend user. I am unsure if all the below steps need to take place on my user ID or the datastage box as a whole. I can pull my table over using the orchestrate import tool (so no issues with getting the metadata)...

Are there issues with importing tables through the orchestrate schema definitions versus the plug-in metadata definitions? I have heard that when using paralleism the table structure that is imported through the orchestrate method works better then if it is done using the plug-in meta. Is this true?...

Are there issues with importing tables through the orchestrate schema definitions versus the plug-in metadata definitions? I have heard that when using paralleism the table structure that is imported through the orchestrate method works better then if it is done using the plug-in meta. Is this true?...