parameter passing

DSkkk · Post by **DSkkk** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:11 am

hi All,
i have a master sequence which runs many jobs which grab data from different source files and finally only one M-load is done into teradata. but some times when i don't have a file for one of the sources then i just want to pass a parameter of the source name so that my job runs only that particular part of it.
i already have some parameters hardcoded into job parameters to logon into teradata.
can any one suggest?
Thanks.

Sainath.Srinivasan · Post by **Sainath.Srinivasan** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 10:17 am

Maybe you can append a '' to your file. Something like

echo '' >> #SourceSystemDir#/#SourceFileName#

This will make a new file if not available but will not disturb if it already exists. Hence you can continue your normal method.

T42 · Post by **T42** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:35 pm

bah. "touch" does the job.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:19 pm

This is true even on Windows.

One of five UNIX-like executables that are part of DataStage is touch.exe. Of course, you may need to include the DataStage Engine directory in your PATH, or fully specify the pathname of the touch.exe command.