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Find Special Character in Flat File
How to find whether special character is present in flat file's data using Informatica as a ETL tool


  
Total Answers and Comments: 1 Last Update: January 25, 2009     Asked by: fadatenagesh 
  
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January 25, 2009 07:12:07   
nandagiripradeep Member Since: January 2009   Contribution: 1    

RE: Find Special Character in Flat File
There would be a code page present in the properties of the source definition in case of a flat file. Such as LATIN WESTERN EUROPEAN. We need to choose proper page code to identify the special characters in flat file.
 
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