Read Dat file in datastage

rameshkm · Post by **rameshkm** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:46 pm

I have a Dat file as source, any one can say how to read this file in datastage , please help in this

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:10 pm

Dat file? Digital Audio Tape? Something with a .dat extension?

Have you tried to import the metadata from it or have you been given the same? Can you post some sample records?

truenorth · Post by **truenorth** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 6:50 pm

If it's just a flat file, use the Sequential File stage.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:52 pm

Gonna need some metadata for that.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:56 pm

Nah.

Don't need no stinkin' metadata.

The question was "read", not "parse".

I guess we don't want to guess any more. Let's await the original poster's amplification of what, after all, could be an interview question.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:29 pm

Gotcha - read first, ask parsing questions later.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:56 pm

Guess so.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:46 am

Seriously, though, rameshkm needs to elaborate what is meant by "Dat file", as requested.