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Asterisk characters in Dataset date field

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:55 am
by jerome_rajan
Hi All,

I am trying to view the data in a date field in a dataset but all I get are these * characters. Not sure why. The datatype of the field is DATE in DataStage but when I try to load the Oracle table, it throws an error. I'm trying to catch the culprit but the Dataset isn't showing me the actual data

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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 8:35 am
by Mike
You've written something that is not a valid date into a date field in your dataset.

You need to look upstream from the dataset to determine where the invalid date originates.

Mike

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:14 am
by vamsi_4a6
you can use Isvalid function to identify the invalid dates

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:17 am
by chulett
They may not be invalid as much so improperly converted. Nature vs. nurture. :wink:

Hard to say without knowing the source and how the data is being manipulated before we got here.