Question on Unidata STages

smoffa · Post by **smoffa** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 6:16 am

Does anyone know if there is a DataStage variable that stores the entire Unidata record so that I can use it in a pre or post stage process? Or a way to create a DS routine that can grab an entire Unidata record? In other words, I need a way to look at the entire Unidata record, not just one attribute (column) at a time.

I am also looking for a way to compare two Unidata records for changes.

Thanks in advance for your help.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:02 pm

About the only way is to use a UniData stage to retrieve a single column, and that is defined as an I-descriptor whose expression is @RECORD (or, if you need the key, @ID:@FM:@RECORD).