DSXchange

Hi to all,

I have the job below:

HASH ---> TRANSFORM ---> SEQFILE

This hash have millions of rows, but i need stop the job after read the first only. In transform stage i put @INROWNUM in constraint, but the dstage read all rows in hash...It's take 6hours to finish...
I try with @OUTRONNUM too, but the result as the same.

Any idea?

Thanks a lot!

Use a Before Job Routine with Head or Tail to get the number of rows you want.

Or you can specifiy the limit as 1 row in the director. You can also specify it in command line.

DSGuru,

Excuse-me but i have other stages before the hash table. I don't write about this to be more easy...

Split the job. Simple as that. Aborting the job or even stopping the job before its true end doesnt always comeout with good results, IMHO. Thats why i advised to finish the job by limiting the execution to one row.

Can you post the exact constraint that you put in your Xfmr stage?

gateleys

HASH-->XFM--->SEQ means ALL rows output from the HASHed file to get to the XFM to be thrown away. Split the jobs if your logic is messy.


As for the first row out of the hashed file, how do you qualify the first row? By order written into the file? Sorry, hashed data is randomized throughout the file. There is no "first" row concept.

If you use the UV/ODBC (Universe) stage, you could use SQL to limit the rows via a WHERE clause, or if your hashed file is created in the project (if not use SETFILE, search the forum) then you can use the WITH @ID=xxxx where xxxx is the single key value for the row you want output.

The Hashed File stage has a Selection tab does it not? An appropriate selection phrase phrase to put in here is If that builds a WITH phrase that causes a syntax error, trick DataStage into generating a legal phrase, for example

At the moment of creating the hash file, create another sequential file with the first record and use it afterwards.