Re: different CCSID on a PF

["rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mel and Scott,

On 6/6/06, Mel Rothman <mel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rick,
>
> CPYTOIMPF with *PCASCII with a 65535 file containing only numerics (your first 
> file, named
> BAIRD) worked OK

you're way ahead of me.

> Here is the command I used:
>
> CPYTOIMPF FROMFILE(BAIRD) TOSTMF('/home/rothman/test.txt')  MBROPT(*REPLACE)
> STMFCODPAG(*PCASCII) RCDDLM(*LFCR)

*LFCR?  I always use *CRLF  other than the obvious characters, is
there a difference?

still didn't work though

On 6/6/06, Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think *PCASCII is calculated based on the from CCSID.  Try specifying an
> actual numeric codepage on the STMFCODPAG parm.  For example:
>
>     CPYTOSTMF FROMMBR(/whatever) TOSTMF(/whatever) STMFCODPAG(819)

I tried both 819 and 1252 and still no luck.

btw, i'm on V5R3

I think i'm just going to bale and add an alpha field to the file and move on.

thanks to all,

Rick