Or land the value and then cat it into the Initial Value of a stage variable. Depends on where you need to use it in your job, it will need to be a job parameter to use in source SQL but a stage variable can be used without needing a Sequence (or other job control) to arrange the passing of same.
-craig
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You'd need a routine to execute the UNIX 'cat' command and pass back the result. You would call it in the Initial Value field of the stage variable. Now, Server forum so Server answer. Someone else would have to note exactly how one would do this in a PX transformer.
-craig
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