File content conversion without key field

Hi,
i have a input file with the following format:
posvalue1;posvalue2;posvalue3;posvalue4
posvalue1;posvalue2;posvalue3;posvalue4
posvalue1;posvalue2;posvalue3;posvalue4
posvalue1;posvalue2;posvalue3;posvalue4
posvalue1;posvalue2;posvalue3;posvalue4
footervalue1;footervalue2;footervalue3
footervalue1;footervalue2;footervalue3
i just need the information from pos lines and the footer is not needed. the only indicators are:
the empty line between
the number of fields
maybe i could use the keyfieldvalue:
in posvalue2 i have only numbers (diffrent) in footervalue2 i have only chars (diffrent)
has anyone an idee?
regards
J.

Hi
yes you have to use the key field value as the posvalue1.
if you do not want the footer informatuion in the target side then inthe grahical mapping do not map footer fields with the target structure.
to convert the text file into XML file you can use the following parameters
RECORD.fieldSeparator :;
RECORD.fieldNames :KEY,FNAME,LNAME,AGE
RECORD.keyFieldValue :1
DETAIL.fieldSeparatr :;
DETAIL.fieldNames :KEY,SALARY,EMPID
DETAIL.fieldNames :2
Note:these parameters are accoding to the structure given below.
suppose you have a structure like as below
data (0..unbounded)
record (0..unbounded)
key (1..1)
fname (1..1)
lname (1..1)
age (1..1)
detail (0..unbounded)
key (1..1)
salary (1..1)
empid (1..1)
and the input file will look like as below
1,aaa,bbb,23
2,12000,10838
1,ccc,ddd,23
2,13000,10830
if you still face the problem please reply me back
Thanks
Rinku

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