Hi,
What is the use of &HOLD& directory?
What type of information it stores?
Thanks
Ketfos
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The &HOLD& directory is not used by DataStage. It will not exist in most DataStage projects, unless someone has been experimenting with the SETPTR command and actually executed a SETPTR command with a mode argument of 3.
&HOLD& is a legacy from the UniVerse RBDMS on which DataStage server engine used to be based. Its purpose was to act as a place to hold print-ready files where it was not desired to print them immediately.
&HOLD& is a legacy from the UniVerse RBDMS on which DataStage server engine used to be based. Its purpose was to act as a place to hold print-ready files where it was not desired to print them immediately.
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I have checked in several of my projects and all projects have this directory &HOLD& although we ahve never used the BASIC command SETPTR.
According to datastage NLS manual -
The SETPTR statement allows you to associate a map with a print channel.
This means you can determine display widths for formatting spooled
output.
I created a new project and I find the same directory is also created.
ketfos
According to datastage NLS manual -
The SETPTR statement allows you to associate a map with a print channel.
This means you can determine display widths for formatting spooled
output.
I created a new project and I find the same directory is also created.
ketfos
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This tells me that &HOLD& was created for some reason in your Template (from which projects are created). It may be universally deleted from DataStage with impunity.
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It must be created "at the factory" in the template, as I have looked and found it in default projects on 8.7. It contains an empty file named .Type1 and a 6 byte file named .uvnlsmap with line 1 having NONE and line 2 having 0. There's also the corresponding D_&HOLD& file. It's not wasting much space and I'm not concerned about it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. ![Idea :idea:](./images/smilies/icon_idea.gif)
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