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Troubleshooting
Problem
When extracting from Oracle database 10gr2, a integer column, using Oracle Operator on parallel canvas, the internal data type used by Oracle is always decimal type. This can lead to a warning message from IBM InformationServer when the table definition of the IBM DataStage job is set to integer: Implicit conversion from source type "decimal [38,0]" to result type "int32": Possible range/precision limitation
Symptom
Implicit conversion from source type "decimal [38,0]" to result type "int32": Possible
range/precision limitation
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Document Information
More support for:
IBM InfoSphere DataStage
Software version:
8.5, 8.1
Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Document number:
126229
Modified date:
25 April 2025
UID
swg21403275
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