RE: Looking for Ideas For Processing CSV

Another option might be to use the new Client Access transfer function from
the IBM i. See Craig Pelkie's article:
http://www.iprodeveloper-edition.com/iprodeveloper/201212?pg=4#pg9

Since you are looking for something new/neat.....


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Schutte
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Subject: Re: Looking for Ideas For Processing CSV

Absolutely RPGLE is a possibility.

I thought about CPYFRMIMPF for record 1 only to get the header column into a
table.

Then another CPYFRMIMPF starting a record 2, to get the data into another
table.

There are currently 93 fields in the table. (not normalized, which really
irks me).

I suppose I'm really just being lazy today... looking for a neat/new
method... you know you like work more when you're learning to do something
new.

:-)


On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why don't you just process the file directly in RPG and update the
file? I have wrapper service programs but no access to a machine at the

moment.

Search the archives for examples of using unix file api's. All kinds
of stuff out there.


On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Michael Schutte <mschutte369@xxxxxxxxx

wrote:

I have a request to process a CSV file and import the data into a file.

The first record will have column header with the name of the field
that it's suppose to update.

For example if in file ITEM_MASTER there are fields ITEM and

DESCRIPTION

R ITEMMST
ITEM 20
DESCRIPTION 50


The CSV would look like this.

"ITEM","DESCRIPTION"
"1234","ITEM NUMBER 1"

The user would like to first see if there is an item that currently

exists

and then update when found or write a new record.

So I got to thinking(bad idea), maybe I could somehow take the
entire csv record and put them into an array, easily... For example
with a SQL procedure or function you could


SET fields = ARRAY["ITEM", "DESCRIPTION"];
SET data = ARRAY["1234","ITEM NUMBER 1"];


Then I could loop through the array, do validation... when passed
then update item master file.

What do you think? Is there a better method when the number of
columns

in

the import file could differ?

If you like this idea, I'm having trouble finding examples of using
SQL Arrrays in RPGLE.


P.S. There will a ton a validation and put into a holding file
prior to updating the ITEM master.
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