Problem with Sort Stage

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rkdatastage
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Problem with Sort Stage

Post by rkdatastage »

Hi All

I had encountered this error while working with a Sort Stage

Error :
Internal Error: sort specification error, function create_sort_spec returned [Invalid sort specification]

can anyone help me out what might be the problem

Thanks in advance
RK
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Post by rkdatastage »

Hi All

can any one share your ideas on this problem

Thanks in advance
RK
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Post by kumar_s »

Check the columns and the keys mentioned in the Sort stage. If you were trying to type the column names, avoid it and try with the Datastage Click event.
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Post by ray.wurlod »

Tell us how you've specified the sorting. It's this that the stage is complaining about. Post the generated OSH related to the Sort stage.

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