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Hi all, I am recieving the following error after running an FTP stage, grabbing data from a fixed width (80) file on mainframe, and writing to a sequential file:
I have adjusted my length/display in my FTP stage many many times to try to incorporate the correct width. Data is being downloaded and put into the sequential file (as required) but I cannot stop these warnings. Also, no random delimiters are found in my downloaded data that might screw up my sequential file.

Any help would be appreciated.

tiozzo wrote: .... that might screw up my sequential file.

Any help would be appreciated.

Well, as far as my knowledge goes, the screw_up() function is not supported by datastage.

Onto the problem, the error says that number of columns expected in the ftp file is not matching with what is specified in the metadata. So, please check the number of columns in the actual file and that specified in the job. Also, as you have rightly checked, the delimiter setting in the ftp stage. If you have already checked these, try ftp-ing a blank file with the same metadata specified and if that works then you can be sure, the data is creating the problem.

FTP stage really makes a person suffer. Go for a .bat or .cmd batch script that ftps the file over to your server. THen read it with sequential file stage.

DSguru2B wrote:FTP stage really makes a person suffer. Go for a .bat or .cmd batch script that ftps the file over to your server. THen read it with sequential file stage.

Hi dsguru/Ray,
can you please give an example, i have windows environment and want to get multiple files from mainframe through ftp and then transformation on these and loading into sequential files. i also want to check that if desired files exist on the source.