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Map AVRO's long data type to BigInt in File Connector to resolve "Failed to parse row 1" and "Column <column name> must be of type BigInt" error.

Troubleshooting


Problem

DataStage job with File Connector as target stage fails with below error while writing Integer data into AVRO's Long data type column(s).
File_Connector_6,0: An exception occurred: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.Exception: Column favorite_number must be of type BigInt.
    at com.ibm.iis.jis.utilities.avro.AvroBuilder.open(AvroBuilder.java:194)
    at com.ibm.iis.jis.utilities.dochandler.impl.OutputBuilder.<init>(OutputBuilder.java:83)
    .
    .
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Column favorite_number must be of type BigInt.
Data from AVRO long data type columns when read as Integer that uses File Connector as source stage, DataStage job fails with below error.
File_Connector_6,1: com.ascential.e2.common.CC_Exception: An exception occurred: com.ascential.e2.common.CC_Exception Failed to parse row 1 (com.ascential.e2.common.CC_Exception: Failed to parse row 1 (java.lang.ClassCastException: java.math.BigInteger incompatible with java.lang.Long).).
 

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Modified date:
25 April 2025

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ibm16327115

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