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by mgendy
Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:44 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
Replies: 15
Views: 18160

Also i suggest to use sql loader insted of upsert , because upsert method are heavey to database tahn sql loader , it searches all the records by the specified key to update them , if it fouund them , it updates them , then generate insert statment with the reset records to be inserted ,,,, and from...
by mgendy
Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:16 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Date Arithmetic inDatastage
Replies: 5
Views: 5235

You can use CurrentDate() function. To add n days to current date, use CurrentDate() + n To subtract n days from current date, use CurrentDate() - n This fuction is even listed in Functions> Date & Time in derivation field in Transformer. i try to use the above method , but it gives compile err...
by mgendy
Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:52 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Error in table load
Replies: 1
Views: 1189

How many records are read ? try to take sample od the file about 10 records , save them in a new file and then run your job on the sample data to check that the problem is not in number of records
by mgendy
Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:46 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Teradata API Stage
Replies: 9
Views: 4524

Does the table contains any previous data ? or it is empty ?
by mgendy
Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:08 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: NLS button in Administrator greyed out
Replies: 10
Views: 5445

ray.wurlod wrote:There is more in .uvconfig than in uvconfig. Since you don't have premium membership, you will just have to take my word for it. ...
Your word is enough for me sir :)
by mgendy
Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:46 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Teradata API Stage
Replies: 9
Views: 4524

Simply the table is set table , not multi set , so it can't contain duplicates , and the 20 rows received must be 1 row duplicated 20 times , check this and feed us back

M.Gendy
by mgendy
Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:12 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: NLS button in Administrator greyed out
Replies: 10
Views: 5445

Good advice but wrong technique. The .uvconfig file will never be the same as uvconfig - for one thing it doesn't contain all the comments and, for another, it contains additional information, for ex ... hi ray, I couldn't read the reset of the your reply because it is a premium content, and tell n...
by mgendy
Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: NLS button in Administrator greyed out
Replies: 10
Views: 5445

here is the trick

Check the NLSMODE setting in the uvconfig file. If NLSMODE is 0 then NLS is not available. ... here is the trick , if you've done all the abobve , and check uvconfig and found that NLS is set to 1 , but still the NLS button in Administrator is disabled , then check the file .uvconfig , it is a bina...
by mgendy
Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:42 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: SEQUENCE NUMBER GENERATION FUNCTION
Replies: 5
Views: 3488

Re: SEQUENCE NUMBER

babuselvan wrote:Can we have that surrogate key genertor function in server job mode?
no , you can't use this stage in server jobs
by mgendy
Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:22 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: SEQUENCE NUMBER GENERATION FUNCTION
Replies: 5
Views: 3488

You Can Use Surrogate Key Generator

You Can Use Surrogate Key Generator , either in sequential mode , or in parallel mode using round robin partitioning method
by mgendy
Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:49 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: intermediate hash file
Replies: 5
Views: 1694

Re: intermediate hash file

Why hash file is used as the intermediate file? Thanks for the advice, it's not an interview question. i want to know that why hash file is prefered for intermediate file rather than sequential file Who said that hash file is preferred to use as intermediate file rather than sequntial file in Serve...
by mgendy
Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:47 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: backup files
Replies: 6
Views: 1652

femil wrote:
ray.wurlod wrote:To which "backup file" do you refer? ...
sequentional file stored in server
what do you mean with your questuion ?
by mgendy
Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:28 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How do we achieve right and Full outer joins in Lookup
Replies: 4
Views: 3132

you could acheive right outer join by setting lookup failure to continue , and swap refrence link and stream link to obtain the correct side 'left or right ' , but i think you couldn't implement full outer join using one lookup , why didn't you use join stage instead ?
by mgendy
Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:15 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Aggregator Stage Min & Max
Replies: 9
Views: 6622

chulett wrote:The only way it might work is if you add the 'Preserve Type' option and it seems that wasn't added until the 7.5.2 release. Let us know. ...
yes yes yes , it is working now , many thanks chulett for your help
by mgendy
Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:07 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Aggregator Stage Min & Max
Replies: 9
Views: 6622

Aggregator Stage Min & Max

Hi All, i just have a little question , does Aggregator Stage min and max functions support time stamps , i tried to use it but it gives an error saying that couldn't convert from timestamp to dfloat , but i beleive that it worked with me before but in another envirnoment , i just ask to know the ab...