How to use routine "StringDecode"

[shepli]

I think I have figured out how to resove the problem:
If I comment out all the lines related to "Initialized", I can get what I expected.
Can anybody explain to me why use "If Not(Initialized) Then..." and how to make it work with this condition on? Thanks,

Shepli

[sachin1]

hello,

with this routine, once a Arg2 which is like key-value pair as A=1|B=2|C=3 or even like h=hello|j=jai|k=kamat.

i think the lookup Arg2 is session specific, if you try to add more value to lookup to Arg2 after executing and re-run the routine, it does not work.

if you close your session, i mean to say close datastage and try to add more value to lookup and run the routine it works fine.

above logic refers to memory allocation and its reference.

[ray.wurlod]

Read the section on COMMON, particularly named COMMON, in the DataStage BASIC manual. What you got was an artifact of your test processes being in the same session - and would not happen in a real situation.

[shepli]

sachin1 and Ray,

Thank you for your response. I'll try to figure out in which case the "session specific Arg2" will fit my needs.
At this moment, if I comment out all the lines related to "Initialized", I can get what I expected. That means any time when I have an Arg1, and a paired Arg2 string, I can get the right result.

Thank you again,

Shepli

[ray.wurlod]

You don't need to change the code at all. Just disconnect between tests.

Variables in COMMON are persistent. The routine has been written to make use of this fact, to persist the array of match pairs between rows.

What your problem is is merely an artifact of your test strategy.