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Connectivity

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Store Procedure does not support External Authentication in IBM datastage

Store Procedure stage does not support External Authentication in IBM datastage where as Oracle connector supports External authentication. IBM Case#TS003883130
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Oracle connector : support of SDO_GEOMETRY data types

we are not able to insert GEOMAP data to oracle DB. We opened case with IBM #TS003869041 and they informed us that SDO_GEOMETRY is not a supported Oracle data type target for DataStage and asked us to open RFE.
over 3 years ago in Connectivity 1 Functionality already exists

Enable reconnect (retry) option for the Oracle Connector and DTS stages

From case#TS003645436 In the Oracle Connector stage the reconnect/disconnect properties are only available when the Oracle Connector is used in conjunction with the Lookup stage (as reference) or as a target. Is there a way to enable these propert...
almost 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Information server 11.5 jobs running slow with the teradata database and I am providing the detail information here

No description provided
about 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

can we make file connector to read file only in directory with name matched to the wildcard pattern

The File connector is unable to read expected partitions data : Expected to read data from all partitions excluding part_num=0, but it is reading data from part_num=1, part_num=10, part_num=11, part_num=12 and part_num=2 only. Expected Format as p...
about 4 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

IIS 11.7.1 DataStage Server DB2 External Table Support

Due to: potential manual efforts involved with retesting PX jobs post JR61510 patch and, volume of Server jobs having TWT logic in user-defined SQL statements Stage with DB2 connector using "Write mode=User-define SQL", "Direct Insert...
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Generate controlled number of rowgroups in parquet file

While creating a parquet file, datastage doesn't allow the user/developer to control the number rowgroups to be created per file. We have received following feedback and suggestion from the PMR support - "The Parquet Parser / Builder implementat...
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration

Unstructure Data Stage

While loading data from Datastage to excel using the Unstructure Data stage we want to control on the direction of the loaded data into the excel spreadsheet.
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

Salesforce connectivity - Datastage 11.5 API 47

No description provided
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 1 Not under consideration

DataDirect mysql driver not available for zLinux systems for Maria DB connectivity

The ODBC drivers for Maria DB connectors are not available for zLinux systems. By adding this feature all the users who are trying to connect to Maria DB connectors on Zlinux will be able to connect successfully as it will have the mysql drivers.
over 4 years ago in Connectivity 0 Not under consideration