Syncsort - DB2 QUERY ERROR While unloading data from table

thala_ds · New User Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 18 Location: India

Hi,

I tried to unload data from DB2 table using Syncsort and i got the below error :
DB2 QUERY SUPPORT ERROR: UNKNOWN DATA TYPE FOUND

Could somebody help me out in resolving the above issue?

P.S. Please find the jcl in the attachment

Thanks in advance,
thala_ds.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:20 am

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thala_ds · New User Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 18 Location: India

Hi,

Since we are not supposed to show the table names outside my firm, i just gave the dummy name... Sorry abt that.

WER468A DB2 QUERY SUPPORT ERROR: UNKNOWN DATA TYPE FOUND

Do you need the exact query?

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:38 am

don't post screen shots.
cut and paste with the code tags is sufficient.
(but you would have known that had you read thru the FAQS
before posting)

now to figure out your problem.

UNKNOWN DATA TYPE FOUND

ok, what db2 data types will be returned in the result set?

btw,
if you read the manual, it will tell you what data types are supported.

thala_ds · New User Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 18 Location: India

Thanks for your help .
Below are the datatypes returned from the query.

TIMESTAMP
DATE
INTEGER
BIGINT

In the above set, it is getting the error for BIGINT datatype while unloading from the table.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:44 am

why don't you cast it as char?

thala_ds · New User Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 18 Location: India

But i need to unload the entire table.

Please advise me how can i cast one field alone in SELECT statement?

Thanks.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:51 am

how to cast a bigint (large integer) to char

examples at bottom of page
(but I suggest you read all of it, no telling what you will learn)

don.leahy · Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:28 pm

If you haven't already, you should also report this error to your support folks so that they can notify the Syncsort vendor.