call routine from unix

pkomalla · Post by **pkomalla** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:54 pm

Hi all,

Anyone can tell me, how to run a datastage routine from unix shell script

Thanks

kcbland · Post by **kcbland** » Wed May 31, 2006 1:03 pm

Use a job to run the routine.

DSguru2B · Post by **DSguru2B** » Wed May 31, 2006 1:54 pm

Why do you want to invoke a routine from a shell? Is there any particular reason why:?:

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed May 31, 2006 3:47 pm

It is not possible to run a routine from a shell script because there exists no argument passing mechanism.

When you test a routine in the routine editor, it actually builds a "test bed" (a main program) that is used for passing the arguments from the test grid. This test bed program is discarded when you close the Test window.

To emulate this you would need to create a similar DataStage BASIC program and to compile it. There is no mechanism in the client tools for creating PROGRAM modules in DataStage BASIC, though it can be done on the server. Full information is given in the DataStage BASIC manual, but you're stepping outside the bounds of the product.

In the next version this approach (of building PROGRAM modules on the server) is unlikely to be supported by the service-oriented architecture.