File Adapter - Multiple Record Types to same Target

Question

I am currently reading in a fixed length file and loading into a table.
The issue is, some of the lines in my file differ by two spaces at the end. See example below.
For example,
Record 1 might look like :
DD/MM/YY - length of 8
Record 2 might look like:
DD/MM/YY{space}{space} - length of 10
and they both go into the same date column of my target
Question 1) Is there a way for BPEL to skip the two spaces at the end of each line for Record 2
Queston 2) I have currently created multiple record types for the two types but it won't allow me in my transformation to map them both to the "date" column in the target table. It says multiple nodes cannot be mapped to the target
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi,
Unfortunately the IKM SQLDR doesn't have the "when" condition to be wrote at ctl file.
If you wish a simple solution, just add an option (drop me a email if you want a LKM with this)
The point is:
With a single option, you will control the when ctl clause and, for instance, can define:
1) create 2 datastores (1 for each file)
2) the first position will be a column at each datastore
3) write the when condition to this first column at the LKM in the interface.
Does it help you?