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Using associated port with dynamic lookup

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sam93

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Jul 19, 2002
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CA
Hi,

I am having problem in using dynamic lookup. Here's my scenario: My source has the following columns:
client_code, client_name, and expiry_date. A value in the expiry date column means that the record is not active after the given date.

My target has the following columns:
client_code, client_name, and active_flag which has values 'Y' or 'N' according to the expiry_date value in the source.

I have created a dynamic lookup on the target table, joining client_code in source with client_code in target.
If I do not find a client_code in the lookup, then I update the dynamic cache with the new record and insert that record in the target table.
If I find the client_code in the target then I compare client_name between source and target and if its different then I update the dynamic cache with new client_name and update the target table with new client_name.

However, I do not know how to include the active_flag in the lookup, because there is no column in the source table that I can use as 'Associated Port' for active_flag. Is there a way to include this column in my dynamic lookup so that I can return it's value from the lookup without using an associated port? If not then how else can I achieve this?

Thanks.
 
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