HI Experts,

What is BULK mode and NORMAL mode, Which

one gives better
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example...! It
will help's me a lot.

Thanks In advance.
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Answer Bulk mode always create a session log and 0 Sri
is used in
session recovery for eg . if we opt for
bulk mode, if the
session fails after inserting 9000 rows on
total of 10,000
rows (commit interval is after 10,000
rows) then we can
recover 9000 rows and can satrt the
session for the rest of
row
In normal mode session log is not created
and hence it is
faster than bulk mode .. Session recovery
is not possible
in normal mode ..

Answer Sri has just said the oposite 0 Archie

Answer yes Archie is right has the name indicates 0 Rajasekar Genji
bulk, data will
loaded has bulk we cannot recover in bulk.
In Normal mode
data will be loaded one by one so data can
be recovered.

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table 1 has 10 records, table 2 has 5
records
 select * from table1, table2;
What is the output for this
query???....plz answer
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Answer (10*5) 50 records 0 Priyasen
this kind of query gives us Cartesian
product

Answer ans:select * from table 1,table2? 0 Dinesh

45 records(cartisan product)

write a query to get maximum salary from

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without duplicates....kindly help me
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Answer select (distinct max(sal)) from emp 0 Rama

How you load distinct records into one

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records into another target?
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Answer Create a mapping with two targets. 0 Shaik
> Create an Aggregator transformation and
group it on the
distinct values and load it into Target1.

> Load the data directly in to Target2

since the source
have duplicates it will load all the
duplicates.
 How you count the number of records Answer Posted By
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Answer Use aggregator transformation for getting 0 Venkat
number of record
count from source.

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Answer ODS stores operational data where as DWH 0 Vchandra
store ODS data as
well as the history of the source database

HOW TO JOIN THE 2 FLAT FILES WITHOUT USING JOINER AND

LOOKUP?

Performance Wise Which transformation is better in LOOKUP

AND JOINER TRansformations? Why? Can anybody please explain
it ?
Please help me out from this Question.

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What type of sorting algorithm does the Sorter
Transformation use, to do its sorting Operation?

1. Bubble sort
2. Insertion sort
3. Shell sort
4. Merge sort
5. Heapsort
6. Quicksort
7. Bucket sort

hi talents,
how do u get sequece numbers with oracle sequence generator
function in informatica.... i dont need to use sequence
generator transformation..... how do u achieve this???
 Hi experts,
table 1 has 10 records, table 2 has 5 records
Question select * from table1, table2;
What is the output for this query???....plz answer
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Re: Hi experts, table 1 has 10 records, table 2 has 5 records select *

from table1, table2; What is the output for this query???....plz answer
Answer ans:select * from table 1,table2? 0 Dinesh
# 1 45 records(cartisan product)

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Re: Hi experts, table 1 has 10 records, table 2 has 5 records select *

from table1, table2; What is the output for this query???....plz answer
Answer (10*5) 50 records
# 2 this kind of query gives us Cartesian
product

write a query to get maximum salary from the employers table

Question without duplicates....kindly help me
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Re: write a query to get maximum salary from the employers table
without duplicates....kindly help me
Answer select (distinct max(sal)) from emp 0 Rama
#1
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Converting Rows to columns

I have Relational source like his.
JAN FEB MAR APR
100 200 300 400
500 600 700 800
900 100 200 300

I need to convert these rows into columns to the targe.

MONTH TOTAL
JAN 1500
FEB 900
MAR 1200
APR 1500

Please experts help me

 How you load distinct records into one target and duplicate
Question records into another target?
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Re: How you load distinct records into one target and duplicate
records into another target?
Answer Create a mapping with two targets.
# 1 > Create an Aggregator transformation and
group it on the
distinct values and load it into Target1.

> Load the data directly in to Target2

since the source
have duplicates it will load all the
duplicates.
How you count the number of records available at your
Question source?
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Re: How you count the number of records available at your source?
Answer Use aggregator transformation for getting
number of record
#1
count from source.

What is the grain level in DWH? If i have year to day. what

is the grain level of DWH from year to day.

Hi I have two sources like A, B. My source A contain 10000

million records from that i need 20 attributes. My source B
has also same 10000 million records from that i need only 1
attribute. By using Joiner i have to load into target? Is
there any issue regarding this? if issue is there how to
tune this mapping in best way?

How IN function works in informatica? Is it similar that of

oracle IN function or different? Explain

How You Pull the records on daily basis into your ETL Server.

Question Is there any model difference between ODS and DWH

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 Re: Is there any model difference between ODS and DWH
Answer ODS stores operational data where as DWH
store ODS data as
#1
well as the history of the source
database

Source as
1
1
2
2
3 Answer Posted By
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How to get target as 1 2 3
and
1
2
3
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Answer Select distinct in sorter t/r 0 Anu
then run session twice
but don't enable truncate option in
session target properties

I think so
any corrections tell me

Answer take sequence annd router t/r 's 0 Anu

connct nextval port to router

create one group mod(nextval , 2)=0-------

target1
default group-----------------------------
target2

this is applicable to above six source

rows only

this is my second logic

tell me any corrections

Answer hi, 0 Arjun

take aggrtr in that take one var , count
the var group by i/p these go to one tgt
and take another same tgt for that, take
 aggrtr ports i.e, i/p and var ports to
filter in that give cndtion not
isnull(var) and take i/p port to secnd
tgt.

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Answer We cant use union in joiner 0 Raja

what is procedure to use mapping variable

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qualifier transformation? with example
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Answer steps 0 Vemuri Vijay
go to source qulifier transformation wtih
along with source
and target after that go to the
properties,select user defined join sql
editor will open
after that there is two optins on left
hand side select
variablel in that there is mapping
variables available

I HAVE SOURCE TABLE 100 RECORDS AFTER RUN

SESSION
SUCCESSFULY BUT LOADS THE TARGET TABLE 50
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HAPPEND THAT 50 RECORDS AND HOW CAN I LOAD
REMAINING 50
RECORDS
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Answer just truncate table once and run the 0 Shiva
session again (or)
in session properties just checke the
recovery stratagy as
resume from last check point

if i am wrong plese currecct me

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Answer steps
go to mappings
go to wizards
there is two optins
1.getting started
2.scd
go to scd
again three types
type1
type2
type3
select ur requirement
ex.
take type1
select source table and give name for
target table
then
next
give target table fields
then
finish
automatically u will get mapping
go to
workflow manager
create
task and
worklet
start task
thats all

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session?
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t/r).
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start value=1
increment by=1
last value=3
currval=1
cycle check it save it.
execute mapping.

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