To abort a job in Transformer

nilesh_kant · Post by **nilesh_kant** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:09 pm

I am generating a one up number (ID's) in a transformer. Once the id's reach a max.value ( which is paased as a parameter) the job should get aborted. Can any one tell me how to do this in a transformer?

Regards

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:18 pm

Yes, but I'd rather tell you not to do it. Why can't the job just end gracefully when the required numbers have been generated?

nilesh_kant · Post by **nilesh_kant** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:25 pm

Because if the job doesnt abort then we will be generating more ID's than required which goes against our requirement. Please let me know if there is any method by which we can abort a job in transformer.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:25 pm

There are many ways. One is to invoke DSLogFatal() from a routine. But, if you only generate the right number of values, there is NO NEED to abort. This is definitely the preferred approach.