Error in stagevariable

[basu.ds]

Hi

I have written on stagevariable but it is giving me wrong result can any help me on this

mystagevariable if trans.empno=mast.empno then 1 else 0

both columns are varchar columns
trans.empno=00000802 (value coming from hash file)
mast.empno=802 (value coming from oracle stage)
but data stage shows both are same i am wondering how?

Thanks in advance

[Pagadrai]

Hi

I have written on stagevariable but it is giving me wrong result can any help me on this

mystagevariable if trans.empno=mast.empno then 1 else 0

both columns are varchar columns
trans.empno=00000802 (value coming from hash file)
mast.empno=802 (value coming from oracle stage)
but data stage shows both are same i am wondering how?

Thanks in advance

Hi
Hope ur issue is resolved by now
Anyway, i think the problesm here is with datatypes.

[ray.wurlod]

There is no problem - they are the same.

In server jobs there are no data types. So a comparison tests each operand to determine whether or not they are numeric. If they are, a numeric comparison is performed - if not, a string comparison is performed.

To force a string (or numeric) comparison use the Compare() function, or force each operand to be a string by concatenating the same non-numeric string to each.

[chulett]

And please learn that there's no need to explicitly set the output for a Boolean. All you need is "trans.empno=mast.empno" for the derivation, that "if-then-else" construct (while it does 'work') is completely unnecessary.