Huh? Beaten by seconds! And didn't even think of AFTER... I feel eliminated like Croatia form the World Cup... And we didn't even play with the Dutch masters :-)
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 2:50 AM, Gentry, Steve < [email protected]> wrote: > Well, uhm, AFTER would be cheating (and will work in this case, thanks.) > What happened to "work harder not smarter" (from a Dilbert cartoon). > . . . and . . . > Brute force and awkwardness (college professor). > Sincerely, thanks, > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Rob van der Heij > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: need a SPECS guru > > You seem to be looking for PICK - eg pick w8 >> ,20140225, > > The classic approach would be to inject a dummy record in the stream, sort > on date, and ignore all records before the dummy. > > PS It would be cheating to remind you of the AFTER option on LISTFILE ;-) > > > On 27 June 2014 16:14, Gentry, Steve <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > > In a CMS environment, I have a list of files, created by LISTFILE. > > The format of the file_type, in this list, will be DATE('S') yyyymmdd > > I want to take a predetermined date, already in DATE('S') format, and > > compare it to the above mentioned file_type. If the file type date is > > less than or equal to the predetermined date I want to ignore it. Or > > if the file type date is greater than the predetermined date, I want to > pass it on > > to the next stage. I was hoping for a PIPE stage that would do this > type > > of logical compare but I didn't find one, or at least one with an > > obvious name/function. If there is a stage, please let me know. > > However, if there isn't a stage to do this, I think I'll have to do this > with a SPEC stage. > > While I've gotten better at writing pipe code, the SPEC stage is > > still a challenge for me and hence the need for a SPECS guru. > > Could someone help with this SPECs stage? > > Thanks, > > Steve > > >
