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by jhmckeever
Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:15 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: How to import datastage job
Replies: 5
Views: 2676

Hi Sunil , Without a backup of your old job then I think you're out of luck. Importing a job (or any other object, for that matter) into the repository replaces identically named objects irreversibly. Are you sure you definitely don't have a DSX somewhere that contains the prior job definition? Do y...
by jhmckeever
Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:33 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: skills for a successful datawarehouse career
Replies: 1
Views: 990

You might want to start with one of Vince's excellent blog entries ...

http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/bi/websphere ... reer-16570
by jhmckeever
Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:36 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Decimal Range
Replies: 4
Views: 1925

Hi Akhila -

You don't need to use a function, just specify the appropriate precision and scale in the metadata of your output link. In your case you will want a scale of 3 for your output decimal column.

John.
by jhmckeever
Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:20 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Failed to distribute the shared library
Replies: 4
Views: 3746

It looks as though you've run out of disk space (The first message is "No space left on device".) Speak to your system administrator.
by jhmckeever
Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:48 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Modify stage - null handling
Replies: 3
Views: 1388

The Modify operator is more fully (i.e. correctly!) documented in the Orchestrate Operators Reference.
by jhmckeever
Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:29 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Passing parameters to a sequence via text file
Replies: 5
Views: 1950

1. What's the problem with dsjob. Are you getting an error message? You'll find plenty of posts on this topic on dsxchange. 2. So you want to 'parse' a list of parameter values? Presumably there are a variable number of parameter rows, with each row containing a set number of parameters for the spec...
by jhmckeever
Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:07 am
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: merge the two files
Replies: 10
Views: 5499

What are your rules for joining the data?

From your example we could infer you are intending to join Ascending ENO on descending SAL - Right?

J.
by jhmckeever
Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to split records
Replies: 3
Views: 1764

Glad you got it working.

You might want to set this topic to 'Resolved'.
by jhmckeever
Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:43 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Full Outer Join in Join Stage
Replies: 3
Views: 2608

A Full Outer join delivers rows from the LEFT dataset which don't match the RIGHT, and vice-versa. This means you NEED to be able to differentiate which input links each row originated from. A common approach is to use a downstream transformer to check which key columns contain nulls and execute som...
by jhmckeever
Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:16 pm
Forum: IBM QualityStage
Topic: QualityStage import problem
Replies: 12
Views: 5709

I think Bob is referring to the use of a comma as a decimal delimiter (as commonly used in mainland Europe)

J.
by jhmckeever
Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:20 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to split records
Replies: 3
Views: 1764

So, if I understand correctly, you want the first 3 rows of a Col1/Col2 key par to go to File1, and the remainder to File2? If so, try the following ... Use a Sort stage to sort your input by Col1 and Col1. Add a 'KeyChange' column (generated by the sort stage) to indicate a change in Col1/Col2 valu...
by jhmckeever
Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:39 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: Transformer Compare Function..
Replies: 1
Views: 1776

Does the help not clarify it for you? :- "Use a right-justified comparison for numeric strings, use a left-justified comparison for text strings. For mixed strings, take care. For example, a right-justified comparison of the strings AB100 and AB99 indicates that AB100 is greater than AB99 since...
by jhmckeever
Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:27 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> DataStage Enterprise Edition (Formerly Parallel Extender/PX)
Topic: How to write Parallel Routine?
Replies: 3
Views: 4023

You can find source code for two parallel routines here:

<a href="viewtopic.php?t=106358">pxEReplace</a> and <a href="viewtopic.php?t=107882">matchRegexp </a>

HTH,
J.
by jhmckeever
Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:18 am
Forum: General
Topic: Im new
Replies: 2
Views: 1175

Would "Read the manuals" be too obvious a suggestion? The Parallel Job Developers Guide is a good place to start. Do you have access to a working DataStage installation? If so, I assume you're on a project and can tap the knowledge of your co-workers - at least some of whom, I hope, are NO...
by jhmckeever
Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:38 pm
Forum: IBM<sup>®</sup> Infosphere DataStage Server Edition
Topic: How to handle multi delimiter (flat file) in DataStage ?
Replies: 4
Views: 4899

You could pass your file via a 'Filter Command' to translate the multi-character delimiters into something you'd prefer. Remember to check the box on the Stage/General tab to enable Filter Commands.