Yeah, but it shouldn't be necessary. The use of "drop 0" is probably faster than "elastic", but the application I am building will never have enough records to make performance an issue.
I know that I have piped unmatched details into an output driver in the past, so something must make what I am doing in this one really special :( Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Greenberg > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Oddity > > On: Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 02:21:50PM -0800,Schuh, Richard Wrote: > > } I have two pipes, below, that are identical in every > respect except that } one has a seemingly superfluous stage, > "| COPY" inserted prior to the } output. The first writes > nothing to the file while the latter pipe does } write. The > all. Stem contains 302 entries; only 48 of them match the } > exception list, stem except. Both pipes agree in this respect > What is } going on here? Why is the copy stage needed before > any following stages } can run? > > I am sure that John or Melinda can explain it in detail but > in my experience, it helps with timing and dispatching > problems. Replace the COPY with ELASTIC should also work. > > -- > Rich Greenberg N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com > + 1 239 543 1353 > Eastern time. N6LRT I speak for myself & my dogs only. > VM'er since CP-67 > Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians > Owner:Chinook-L > Retired at the beach Asst > Owner:Sibernet-L >
