Re:

Yes some fields are packed and some are signed....either way they do not
come out correctly.

Let me understand the responses I have gotten.

In order to get numeric data correctly I must create a file with these
fields defined as text or edit code N?
Define a field in PF as 9 with 2 decimals and edit code N or S? Will these
work with negative numbers?


-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Slaugh <ken.slaugh@cm-inc.com>
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, June 11, 1999 1:45 PM
Subject: RE:


>Are your numeric values 'packed'? Is so, FTP will not be able to
>transfer this file. The packed values are looked at as EBCDIC bytes and
>converted to meaningless ASCII bytes.
>
>Send me mail direct at mailto:ken@cm-inc.com for other options
>available.
>
>Ken Slaugh
>Senior Programmer/System Analyst
>AS/400 Professional Network Administrator/MSE
>Specialist - Client Access/400
>Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Karl Lauritzen [SMTP:klauritzen@mail2.texnet.net]
>> Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 9:39 AM
>> To: midrange-l
>> Subject:
>>
>> I am trying to ftp from my 400 to a pc file.
>> I can get any text file down and up ok but files with numbers are
>> garaged up.
>> I tried changing mode to ASCII but still no good.
>>
>> Here is my test:
>>
>> ftp
>> open mysystem
>> username
>> mypassword
>> ascii
>> get lib/file c:\test.txt
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>>
>> Karl Lauritzen
>> Second Vice-President
>> Application Development
>> 254-756-5531 x129 voice
>> 254-399-0937 fax
>> www.natlloyds.com <http://www.natlloyds.com>
>> klauritzen@mail2.texnet.net <mailto:klauritzen@mail2.texnet.net>
>>
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