lookin at the funcationality of the folder stage which reads mulitple files. it only uses 2 fields one which has the file name and the other which puts all records pertaining to a particular file in one column .....
i dont get whats the point of doing this ? because if you merge records from different files, even with the same format , how can they be utilized in future use ?
thanks
Folder Stage ? does'nt make sence !
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It's not really for merging files. It serves three basic purposes:
1) Allows you to get filenames from a directory one by one.
2) Allows you to get filename and complete file content one by one.
3) Allows you to write multiple files to a directory.
Most of the time it is used for #2 feeding data to the XML Input stage which then parses / flattens the one long piece of content into individual data elements based on the XPath expressions in the stage.
1) Allows you to get filenames from a directory one by one.
2) Allows you to get filename and complete file content one by one.
3) Allows you to write multiple files to a directory.
Most of the time it is used for #2 feeding data to the XML Input stage which then parses / flattens the one long piece of content into individual data elements based on the XPath expressions in the stage.
-craig
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hi thanks !! i was just going through an article..
it will help someone understand the same problem as mine ..
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/d ... g/#step1.2
it will help someone understand the same problem as mine ..
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/d ... g/#step1.2