If you use ADD_TO_DATE in transformation logic to change days, hours, minutes, or seconds, you cannot push the function to a Teradata database.
When you push LAST_DAY() to Oracle, Oracle returns the date up to the second. If the input date contains subseconds, Oracle trims the date to the second.
When you push LTRIM, RTRIM, or SOUNDEX to a database, the database treats the argument (' ') as NULL, but the PowerCenter Integration Service treats the argument (' ') as spaces.
An IBM DB2 database and the PowerCenter Integration Service produce different results for STDDEV and VARIANCE. IBM DB2 uses a different algorithm than other databases to calculate STDDEV and VARIANCE.
When you push SYSDATE or SYSTIMESTAMP to the database, the database server returns the timestamp in the time zone of the database server, not the PowerCenter Integration Service.
If you push SYSTIMESTAMP to an IBM DB2 or a Sybase database, and you specify the format for SYSTIMESTAMP, the database ignores the format and returns the complete time stamp.
You can push SYSTIMESTAMP(‘SS’) to a Netezza database, but not SYSTIMESTAMP(‘MS’) or SYSTIMESTAMP(‘US’).
When you push TO_CHAR(DATE) or TO_DATE() to Netezza, dates with subsecond precision must be in the YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.US format. If the format is different, the PowerCenter Integration Service does not push the function to Netezza.
If you use any of the following formats as part of the DATE_DIFF() function, the PowerCenter Integration Service does not push the function to Vertica:
When you push the DATE_DIFF function to Vertica, Vertica rounds the date difference value to the nearest integer. However, the PowerCenter Integration Service returns a float value. For example, if the first date is 2000-08-15 and the second date is 1997-08-16, Vertica rounds the date difference value to 3, but the PowerCenter Integration Service returns 2.99731182795699. If you want the date difference to be treated as a float value in the Vertica database, you can disable pushdown optimization.
When you specify the format as Y and push the DATE_DIFF function to Vertica, Vertica calculates the difference in the dates in terms of number of days. However, the PowerCenter Integration Service calculates the difference in terms of number of years. If you want the difference value to be treated in terms of number of years, you can disable pushdown optimization.
