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Thanks Creo. Thanks Ray. I'm using DS Server 6.0. I checked out the Merge stage, and I think it only wants to do joins. I don't necessarily need to do a join. What I really need to do is a collection. So, my basic question is this: If InputFileA has TableDefA and InputFileB has TableDefB, how do I g...

I have many input data streams. Each stream has a different layout, but each stream has the same key field. I need to merge the streams of data and group them by the key field. Is this possible using DS? The only way I can think to do it is to join the key fields independant of the rest of the recor...

What is the difference in setting 'MFILES' in uvconfig and setting 'ulimit' in dsenv? If both are set to different values, what happens?

Thanks for the responses. This info is very helpful.

Why isn't DSCheckRoutine() in my VOC? Isn't this a standard command? dsrpcd is up and running on the server. Do I need to 'start' the VOC?

Two newbie questions: 1. I ran a "DSCheckRoutine()" from DSAdmin->Command Interface. The result I got was "VERB 'DSCHECKROUTINE()" is not in your VOC. What is the VOC? Is it a service? repository? 2. I'm having trouble with the JobName that is passed to commands such as DSAttachJ...

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no, you can run PX jobs in parallel, but you can't use the same PX job twice in one sequence (I'm pretty sure).. this 'feature' might be fixed in the version that you will be getting.

- BP

DS 6.0 Server or PX? If it's PX, I think the limitation you mentioned is a known bug and will be fixed in future releases. I think you can make a copy of the job and run it simultaneously with the original.

- BP

Hi. When a DataStage job fails, I'd like to use the Email Notification stage to send a message noting the JobHandle. Then, I would like the receiver of the email to use the JobHandle to query UniVerse to get the associated job log. 1. Is this possible? If so, how do I pass the JobHandle to the Notif...

I am trying to come up with a naming standard/directory structure for Table Definitions within DataStage. I have a couple of options. Table Definition directories could be organized by: 1. the same convention that jobs are organized 2. by Source Type (the DS way) 3. by Source Name ?? Naming Table De...

Hi. When we bought DS, we got Metabrokers, including the ERwin metabroker. If we don't have MetaStage, are any of the metabrokers of use to me? Ultimately, I would like to import table definitions from ERwin into DataStage. Any suggestions if I just have the basic DataStage package? Also, thank you ...

Thanks for the info! It is very illuminating. The BASIC manual makes it seem like you can just write a BASIC program in vi and run it using DataStage/bin/basic, but so far I haven't had much luck with any variations on this approach.. I'd like to see 'hello world' run from the UNIX commandline. I am...

Hi.

What is the difference b/t a Type 1 and a Type 19 file for DataStage BASIC?

From where do you run the CREATE command to create a DS BASIC file?

Thanks,
BP

Has anyone read thru DS's BASIC guide? Is it sufficient for a novice BASIC programmer? Or should I get a different guide? Any suggestions?

- BP

Hi.

Can anyone tell me the exact name of the DataStage document that describes DataStage Basic functions such as DSSetParam?

Thanks,
BP