Algorithm used (by default) for Checksum Stage

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rohit_mca2003
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Algorithm used (by default) for Checksum Stage

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Hi,
Could you please advise which algorithm gets applied when we use CHECKSUM stage in DataStage 9.1? Is it 'Hash MD5' or anything else?

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Rohit
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Post by chulett »

Docs don't specify. You should be able to tell from the output column, is it a 32 character string? That would tell you it's MD5.
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Post by rohit_mca2003 »

Thanks Chulett,
I can see output generated by CHECKSUM is 32 character alphanumeric string.
As you suggested, I assume this is Hash MD5.

Thanks.
Rohit
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