File Content Conversion - Header

Question

Hi,
I need to produce an pipe delimited file.  The only problem is that that column fields would need to be differentiated with an hypen.
A typical file format is
NAME
ADDRESS
AGE
ONE
134,DSTREET
27
TWO
222,SSTREET
28
How do i specify the two lines of hypen(-) in file content conversion, is it possible or do i need to use any unix script to achieve it.
When i posted, the pipe delimited disappeared.
Please note that there is pipe delimeted between each fields.
Regards
Krish
Edited by: Krish on Dec 21, 2011 2:20 PM

Answer 1

hi Krish,
you can do it in your target Data Type, by specifying a structture which is not only based on your records, but like that:
HypenLine1
your headerLine (with field names)
HypenLine2
your Records... (so your current structure)
so something like:
DT_MyDataType
....HypenLine1  level with occurence 0..1
.............LineField with occurence 0..1
.... headerLine level with occurence 0..1
and  in your mapping,
¤ you put constant in each field of your HeaderLine to provide the name of your field. (*)
¤ you put as many '-' character you want in your single field "LineField" of HypenLine1 and HypenLine2.
(*) of course, in your receiver CC, you should remove your option which produces the headerLine based on your fields names, as now this line is maintained directly in your mapping.
Mickael
Edited by: Mickael Huchet on Dec 21, 2011 2:38 PM