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Louisiana is the place to go..

The parameter selection box still needs improvement - i should be able to search for parameter by name ,description or select from a category of parameters , and multi select parameters and load them into a job parameter definition.. like some of those selector boxes in a few OLAP tools.. Also it wo...

A hob is what i need to bake an alleagator cut..

Im using datastage 8.01 server on a Solaris box, i need to establish connectivity to a Db2 instance running on a windows server, i assume that i need to install the DB2 client libraries on Solaris to configure the connection, but have no idea how to proceed- can someone throw light on this? Any poin...

I had a similar issue with large XML files, ended up using SED/AWK as noted, that could be your best workaround. ( The XML input stage terminated abruptly)

Cant you call the perl script using a before job routine (ExecSH) and write results to an intermediate file? After that the job can process your file..

HTH
Ramesh

I have the documentation with me , send an email to rameshrr3@gmail.com, but then again reading a document is worthwhile only if you have an environment to work on..

I have the documentation with me , send an email to rameshrr3@gmail.com, but then again reading a document is worthwhile only if you have an environment to work on..

Are you using Datastage TX? If so you may have to post it in a different forum.( TX)
. Search might help you too use LDAP as the search string ..

My prediction - "Oracle will acquire Informatica"
No - Im not a clairvoyant..

The date of Ray's post ( or the news 'announcement') was a dead giveaway, however I really have to appreciate the effort.

you will need to have 1 default value populated in the file that supplies the list like 'XXXX-X-YY', and in the nested condition branch the execution to a different sequence if StartLoop.CounterValue = ''XXXX-X-YY'' , alternatively , you can load the list to an user variable activity and use an If t...

A list loop expects values , you cannot have an empty list, what you can do is to populate the list with a default value in case the list is actually empty and use a nested condition activity that reads the list (counter) value and directs an appropriate sequence of jobs to run

HTH

Can a Factless dimension contain a list of values that are possible attributes of some other dimension??

Most executable files in $DSHOME/bin implement an equivalent UniVerse Comand at the OS Level, but I doubt if its all documented.

for example the smat OS command implements someting nearly equivalent to the SEMAPHORE.STATUS UV command.

HTH
Ramesh

Im not really sure, but you can check if Dialog font settings in Windows registry can be changed, im my opinion it may not work on dialog boxes of datastage. navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAREMicrosoft\Windows\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes and try setting MS Shell Dlg or MS Shell DLg...