Search found 6 matches

by bowen_tim
Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Any way to update DRS Stage attributes on mass?
Replies: 1
Views: 1138

Any way to update DRS Stage attributes on mass?

Background... I have a job that has many DRS stages within it. Each of the DRS stages uses environment variables to obtain Database Type, Connection Name etc. I need to change each of the variable names to conform with my environment variables - which are (unfortunately) different to the ones contai...
by bowen_tim
Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:50 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: How best to merge two datasets to get difference
Replies: 3
Views: 1368

OK - changed the initial selection to use user-defined SQL to select the net balance from the two tables as suggested by Kenneth. This achieves the exact same result but performs alot better. Using user defined SQL just didn't feel like the purist way to do things - but I guess at the end of the day...
by bowen_tim
Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:06 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: How best to merge two datasets to get difference
Replies: 3
Views: 1368

How best to merge two datasets to get difference

I have two tables with the same keys and I would like to calculate the cumulative difference between them. From table1 I select the YTD balance up until the current month, from table2 I select the YTD balance up until the previous month. The difference is what I post into the current period in my ta...
by bowen_tim
Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:03 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: StringDecode Problem
Replies: 2
Views: 949

Many Thanks Kenneth

I removed the line below from the routine and it now works as I want it to:
"Common /SDKStringDecode/ Initialized, ValueArray, LookupArray"

Thanks again
Tim
by bowen_tim
Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:11 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: StringDecode Problem
Replies: 2
Views: 949

StringDecode Problem

Hi. I am having a problem with a server job that uses the StringDecode routine several times in a single stage in Stage Variable derivations. The data set I am working with has a transaction type field and 5 amount columns that represent various types of calculations such as sale price, discount, co...
by bowen_tim
Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:32 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: Row out of sequence - Error
Replies: 15
Views: 6028

Row out of sequence - Error

Hi there Just thought I would add a small solution to something that caught me out with a sort stage feeding a aggregator... I found that case sensitivity on the input data caused an issue. I specified a "FIELD1 A, FIELD2 A" type sort on my Sort stage but as FIELD1 contained both upper and...