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Status Under review
Workspace Cloud Pak for Data
Components DataStage
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 25, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Add support for Before SQL file and After SQL file e in the Redshift connector, similar to the existing functionality in the Teradata connector.

Our organization is currently migrating from Teradata to Amazon Redshift, and we have discovered a significant gap between the Teradata connector and the Redshift connector in IBM DataStage.

The Teradata connector currently provides the ability to specify:

  • Before SQL file – SQL statements executed prior to the main
  • After SQL file – SQL statements executed after the main 

These capabilities are critical for our job, as we use before/after SQL files extensively

However, the Redshift connector does not offer Before SQL or After SQL execution file support, which is causing major challenges during our migration. We have a large number of DataStage jobs that depend on this functionality.

Requested Enhancement

Please enhance the Redshift connector to include support for:

  • Before SQL file (pre‑processing SQL execution)
  • After SQL file (post‑processing SQL execution)

Matching the feature parity with the Teradata connector will greatly simplify Redshift migrations, reduce risk, and improve operational consistency across connectors

Needed By Not sure -- Just thought it was cool

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