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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2003 4:13 am
by WoMaWil
Writing an own plugin is not something easy. You should do it in any case in a close contact to the Ascential Development Team.

An other way for to solve your problem may be an export of a flat file from your database and use the Sequential file plug-in.

For to write a plugin contacting the database, you have to know also the detail of the how-to read your database.

So first think of all other means before you start such a complicated project.

Wolfgang

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2003 7:21 am
by WoMaWil
The control-file has to be written in any case if via plugin or via DS-Job or DS-BASIC-code, so you won't win anything via the plugin.

Wolfgang

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2003 9:40 pm
by ray.wurlod
There is a manual called DataStage Plug-In Writer's Guide.
Read this if only to convince yourself that it's too ambitious an undertaking. You need good C skills to write the stage itself, and good C++ skills to create a custom GUI.


Ray Wurlod
Education and Consulting Services
ABN 57 092 448 518

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 11:12 pm
by ray.wurlod
Copy of manual sent off-line. [^]

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:22 am
by dickfong
Hello Ray & Wolfgang,

Do you mind sending the doc to my email dick_fong@yahoo.com as well? We are having similar situation here. Many thanks.

Dick

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 7:02 am
by ariear
Hi all,

Can I have it too ?

ariear@hotmail.com

Thanks

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:32 pm
by ray.wurlod
Please reply assuring me that you have enough room in your inbox. The ZIP file is 1.6MB (the manual is 3.6MB in PDF format). I won't send it without this assurance; it's bad enough sending large emails on a dial-up line without having also to put up with "reject" messages because there's not enough space in the recipient's inbox.


Ray Wurlod
Education and Consulting Services
ABN 57 092 448 518

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:31 am
by MAT
Hi Ray,

I would like to get the manual.

Thanks

MAT

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:41 pm
by vmcburney
I get the feeling we are going to get "can I have a copy too" replies to this topic until the end of time. Was wondering if someone from the DataStageXchange site, a panel expert for example, could find somewhere on that site for documents such as this.

Vincent McBurney
Data Integration Services
www.intramatix.com

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 10:09 pm
by ray.wurlod
Good thought. I will follow up with them.