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The logical does not actually contain data; it's just an index. I doubt (though never tried it) one could actually ftp a logical; what would it point to when it got there?
Others may know of a way to "trick" the LF into "unpacking" data elements into zoned data elements, but all of my LF's have the same field definitions as the PF fields.
You can define a "shadow" version of the PF which contains only zoned decimal fields and use CPYF with *MAP *DROP format options to copy the original to the shadow. This will not, however, take care of the Date data types that Sharon mentioned. Unless the dates are not important; in which case just don't put them in the shadow.
Jerry C. Adams
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Subject: Another ftp-type question.
This is just curiousity on my part. From previous responses, I know that
I can ftp a physical file (equivalent to a DB2 table on other systems).
If I need the information in the PF, but reformatted in some way (such
as packed decimal as zoned or binary interger as zoned), can I just
create an LF and then ftp the LF? If so, I would hope this would give me
the data in the PF, but "reformated" and "selected" as specified in the
LF. True? Thanks.
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