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Fixed Width Sequential File With Line Termination

Query name

Fixed Width Sequential File With Line Termination

Server Asset Type

Sequential File stage

Analysis Type

Advisory

Description

Checks if a Sequential file stage in a Server job is set to Fixed Width and has Line Endings NOT set to “none”.

Issue

The DataStage Parallel Engine will throw a runtime error if the last line from a file does not include line endings consistent with the previous rows.

Actions

If the source file has no line endings on the final line you can either …

  • modify the upstream job to include the line ending on the final row of the file, or

  • allow the file to be generated by the upstream process and add the final line ending by way of a post-generation routine or script.


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