RE: CA TRANSFER OF CSV,BAI OR XLS FILES (& KEYVIEW)

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It appears you're using a flat file to receive the data.  If you know the
maximum length for each field in the file you're uploading, try creating a
file with dds that has a field defined for each field in the record.
Download the AS/400 file you've built so you'll have an fdf file.  You
should be able to do a csv upload.  If you don't know the lengths of the
fields in the file you want to upload, or the file has more than one record
type, you're stuck with doing some programming, I think. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wawrzaszek@austeel.com [mailto:wawrzaszek@austeel.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 12:02 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: CA TRANSFER OF CSV,BAI OR XLS FILES (& KEYVIEW)
> 
> 
> I am using CA file transfer.  If I tell it to use the fdf, it 
> transfers for
> again each record in the 400 is layed out different depending 
> on the lengths
> in the csv record.  for example:
> csv record:     
> rec1-   "19960202","Preauthorized withdrawal","100.00"
> rec2-   "19960202","Check#",1000.00"
> 
> So when it transfers to the AS400 it basically leaves it like 
> that on each
> line so I can not say Check description is in positions 13 thru 19 and
> amount is in positions 21 thru 30, because it's not on every field. 
> 
> If I say to transfer by file type and select CSV I get an 
> invalid token on
> the transfer in the SQL statement, which I have no idea what 
> to look for or
> fix there.
> 
> 
> >What are you using to upload the file?  Depending on the 
> file transfer
> >utility, you have several options.
> >Client Access and others will handle csv files.  If you go 
> to some trouble
> >in Excel you can convert the csv to prn(fixed length text) 
> which ought to
> >work with just about anything. 
> >
> 
> >> 
> >> HELP!!!!!
> >> Our bank gave us a new software program called KEYVIEW.  We 
> >> pick up our file
> >> from them with our check reconcilliation.  The software gives 
> >> us the ability
> >> to export the data out to either .csv or .bai format.  I have 
> >> typed a file
> >> with .xls extension to create an excel file also and it 
> allows this.  
> >> 
> >> Now for the problem, when I transfer any of these files up to 
> >> the AS400 the
> >> fields are not in the same positon.  I transfer it up to a 
> >> 300 char line
> >> file.  Because the fields are not fixed length on the pc file 
> >> they are just
> >> separated by a comma on the 400 file.  I really do not want 
> >> to get into
> >> having to read the 400 file char by char to determine the 
> >> beginning and
> >> ending positon of each field.  If I put the file into excel 
> >> first, it looks
> >> great on excel, each field is separate.  If I save it as 
> .xls and do a
> >> transfer it transfer 1 record and it is encrypted!  The file 
> >> really has
> >> about 900 records.  Is there something I can do, or does 
> >> anyone else use
> >> keyview and how did they handle this?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Thank you in advance, Angie  
> >> 
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