Input files with multiple record types
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:52 am
Hi!
Sorry for this probably stupid question, but what is the easiest way to read data from files with multiple record types. I'd like to read the file (which is tab delimited itself) and the according to the value of the first field pass the input data (record) to separate link. I've planned to use the Sequential File stage to read the data, but the records inside vary in number of columns (and their types, but this is less important) - some of them contain 6 fields and the longest one contains 64.
Thanx in advance.
Regards,
Pawel Janowski
Sorry for this probably stupid question, but what is the easiest way to read data from files with multiple record types. I'd like to read the file (which is tab delimited itself) and the according to the value of the first field pass the input data (record) to separate link. I've planned to use the Sequential File stage to read the data, but the records inside vary in number of columns (and their types, but this is less important) - some of them contain 6 fields and the longest one contains 64.
Thanx in advance.
Regards,
Pawel Janowski