RE: Packed Data in an Alpha Field???

Go into hex mode in DBU.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robertson, Scott [mailto:SRobertson@dpsciences.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 1:33 PM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: Packed Data in an Alpha Field???
> 
> 
> I have a file that seems to have packed data being written to an
> alphanumeric field.  Is there any way to "view" the data in 
> this field?
> 
> 
> I've tried viewing the data through DBU, but it just shows the data as
> little squares...the same as viewing it through DSPPFM.  I've tried
> creating an RPG program that moves the data from the alpha field to a
> packed numeric field, but I get a decimal data error.
> 
> I'm hoping that by viewing the data in this field, that I can 
> figure out
> what program is actually writing the data to the file.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Scott S. Robertson
> Information Systems Manager
> Data Processing Sciences Corp.
> Srobertson@dpsciences.com
> http://www.dpsciences.com
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