Re: 370 data to AS/400

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 01:47 PM 08/26/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Al Barsa, Jr. wrote:
>
> > By memory, 370/390/3090/(all that big behemoth shit) uses different
> > conventions for the signed half byte in packed data.  The AS/400 interprets
> > this correctly, and updates it when handling any specific field.
> >
> > Math, sorting, etc. all works correctly.
>
>Packed EBCDIC is the same on all IBM gear..... This is ONE thing that
>has not changed over the years. (AIX and PC's do not apply)

For sure.  This is an EBCDIC only statement.  Client Access provides decent 
interfaces for the EBCDIC/ASCII conversion, as does some AS/400 based CL 
commands.

Al




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