Re: How to extract information from packed fields from AS400 in java!

Then you have to do it the hard way.  Get the data as a byte array and
parse out the fields.  The Toolbox still may help.  It has converters for
various types of AS/400 numeric and text data.  Once you determine which
bytes of a byte array make up a field, you could use a Toolbox converter to
convert it from a byte array to a Java object.  One more thing that may
help is the Toolbox RecordFormat class.  This class lets you describe the
format of a byte array of data.  As you extract data via the class it is
converted from AS/400 format to Java format.  For an example see the Data
Queue Consumer example in the sequential data queue section of the Toolbox
programmer's guide.

David Wall
AS/400 Toolbox for Java


ashaikhhafiz@chubb.com@midrange.com on 04/09/2001 09:01:47 PM

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No!
it is a packed field which has the data corresponding to more than 1
entity. eg. like the details of the employee are stored in a single packed
field and i have to extract the employee no,employee name.....etc.
Thnx & Regards
Azeem.




"Dave Wall" <dawall@us.ibm.com>@midrange.com on 09/04/2001 22:27:55

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Are you talking about a packed decimal number?  The Toolbox for Java has a
class that converts between Java numeric types and AS/400 packed decimal
numbers.

David Wall
AS/400 Toolbox for Java


ashaikhhafiz@chubb.com@midrange.com on 04/08/2001 08:58:41 PM

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Hi!
i have a problem reading the information from a packed field. how do i
extract the information which is stored on the AS400 as a packed field in
java, either from a servlet or a java class. it is more than one
information stored in the packed field.
Have a great day!
Thnx & Regards!
Azeem.

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