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Now if I want to specify the mapname as UTF8, what would be the value out there. Basically, DataStage is expecting an integer value in mapname and is giving a compilation error if I do not supply this field or give a character value; only numeric values are being compiled correctly. DS version is 7....

Hi,
I need to use the LenDP function on one of my input fields.
1. What is the meaning of "length in display positions"
2. The function accepts only integer values for mapname. How do I get to know which integer value maps to which NLS Map?

Thanks,
Vinod

Some findings which we got:
There are 2 files in $DSHOME:
1.
more .dsrel
7.0.0.65 ---engg build number

2.
more dsebuildinfo.txt
7.0.1.1r1 ----mfg release
Fri Sep 19 17:46:51 2003

Dont know what they mean though.

I agree totally. And one of the things we often need (since we have many small modules) is to give an estimate of the complexity of the jobs. How do we determine what is a simple jb, a complex job or a mixture of both? I may be doing only 1 lookup in my job; but (as in our case) there is no metadata...

Now I am more confused: :?: Are different version of the Server and Parallel Engines compatible? I was under the impression that if we say DataStage version "7.0.0" it means server and parallel engines are both 7.0.0. Now if we say DataStage version 7.0.0 or 7.0.1, is it a server engine ve...

I am confused as to which version of DataStage we have now:

"osh" gives the following output:

DataStage XE Parallel Extender V7.0.0

However What does this mean?

I guess I have to word my question differently:
If my DataStage version is 7.0.0, is there something like release 7.0.0A and 7.0.0B for this? If yes, how do I find this out?

I have DataStage XE Parallel Extender V7.0.0. How do I determine which release this is?
The problem is: I want to install the latest TeraData Mload plugin, so I want to see whether my release is compatible with the plugin.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is this deadlock file used for?

The problem has been solved by importing the entire 6.0 code into a new project and making the changes again, as the changes were not many. I can easily get the DS_JOBOBJECTS file from this new project and put it in the old projet to try and fix it, but I want to try it the hard way. DS_JOBOBJECTS h...

No, I am not going to take the files from another project. Just asked. But, as I said earlier, it is a project we are porting from 6x to 7x, hence can I use the files from 6x? If yes, will taking DS_JOBOBJECTS and the DICT file only suffice? Also, another generic query: how do we transfer hash files...

1. restore the DS_JOBOBJECTS and I_DS_JOBOBJECTS back over the existing (corrupt ones) and your problem will be corrected. 2. Your design-time information is found in DS_JOBOBJECTS, so missing entries in this file will make job(s) and sequence(s) unusable. It is a critical file. Since it is a repos...

Both actually. This project was being migrated from DS 6 to DS 7 and hence the project DataStage export is available. I plan to take a UNIX level backup too. But why is this needed, we are just fixing a hash file? What can UVFIXFILE do that can damage the entire project?

The file owner is dsadm. Do I need to log-in to uv using dsadm, how is that possible? uv logs on using the Project Name AFAIK. I tried using Administrator using dsadm login and still I do not have permissions. Which admin is being referred to here?

Hi ArnD, I tries logging on using DataStage Administrator and also using uv from the Projects/<proj name> directory, however FIX does not work. Is there any default user-name for admin (like scott/tiger) or is it set during installation for which I will have to contact the admin? I do not know why t...