Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Transform Question in DataStage

Found this old question in the Data Direct Technologies Forum.  I think it makes a good example exercise, since it can be solved multiple ways, but is short enough to address in a single (long) post.
I have a record in this format
H,0002
L,B254,4
L,B221,19
L,B064,4
H,0001
L,B208,1
L,B186,8
H,0004
L,B178,17
L,B132,19
L,B121,17
L,B025,12
H,xxxx (xxxx represents the customer unique no)
L, yyyy.z (yyyy is the product part no, [...]

No Comments » - Posted in DataStage by Jack

Friday, September 28th, 2007

How To Live on Minimum Wage

Across thousands of personal finance websites, there are many common themes to be found. One of these is to
Live Beneath Your Means
Living beneath your means is not always easy. Yet, for most of us, we look at people who make just a little bit more than us and wonder where their problem is. [...]

33 Comments » - Posted in Income by Jack