Sequential File FILE_NAME option

mczern · Post by **mczern** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:43 am

I would like to have the file name associated with a record added to each record so I can process the records in order. The file name starts with X and has a date time added to the end of the name. When I added the FILE_NAME option and the READ METHOD = File Pattern and set the File Pattern to X*... It added X* as the FILE_NAME column value for every record.

I was expecting the FILE_NAME column to contain X_02.05.2009.3243243, X_02.03.2009.3123231, etc. This is not very useful in that there are duplicate keys in the files and the file_name was supposed to make the records unique.

Has anyone else run into this situation and fixed it?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:30 pm

Could this be another 8.0 bug? It works ok in 7.5.1.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:46 pm

An exact search on "file pattern" turns up a number of resolved threads...

For example... viewtopic.php?t=121263&highlight=file+pattern

Mike

mczern · Post by **mczern** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:37 am

Thanks Mike! The link worked.
I need to go to a remedial forum search class.