Hi,
i am trying to create a flat file schema in 6.1,can u plz tell me how to give the field type(like Alpha,Alphanum,Num).
i didnt mention the field types.
when doing the testing without mentioning the field types i am getting the error like"Unrecognized element".
i dont know whether that is bcoz of Filed type or something else.
can u plz explain.

thanks,
vidya.

This problem might be coming because of Unrecognized record identifier.

Please search on wmUsers for recordWithNoID, you will get lot of information regarding this.

we do not have a “Data type” in the flat file schema, as all the fields are treated as characters of the specified length.

HTH
Bhavani

Or you can have field delimiters to retrieve data from the file.

Hi sri
“when doing the testing without mentioning the field types i am getting the error like"Unrecognized element”.

we dont specify any field types in the flat file schema as mentioned in the previous posts.
the error u have encountered is nothing to do with field type i guess.
if u are using flat file adapter …check if u have specifyed all the record identifiers (if fixed length) or deliemeter for records and fields (if deliemited file) and perform the testing …
HTH

sri