Metadata mismatches

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sureshchandra
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Metadata mismatches

Post by sureshchandra »

If meta data mismatches in a server job what we have to do?
And what error we will get in the director?(Fatal error or warning).

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Post by ray.wurlod »

Answer that yourself by experimentation.

Some metadata matches are insignificant, some are very significant (especially when, for example, one side is a numeric data type and the other side is a non-numeric data type).

Prevention is always better than cure. Make sure that your metadata never mismatches by applying rigorous metadata management practices. Always import/save table definitions and effect all changes in the Repository, not in job designs.
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Re: Metadata mismatches

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Metadata mismatches while writing into the table can b severe.Metadata mismatches can happen due to inordered columns or datatypes.

The best way to avoid this is to directly import it from manager.
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