RE: cpytoxxx commands and comma delimited files -- MIDRANGE-L

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Title: RE: cpytoxxx commands and comma delimited files

Thanks, that is the solution to the garbage character problem. Makes me very happy. It may have been covered on the list before, but I didn't see anything like it in the documentation for the command.

Is left justified, padded with blanks the way CPYTOIMPF handles numeric fields in comma delimited form? Since my post yesterday, I tried it with both packed and zoned fields with the same result.

-----Original Message-----
From: Murphy, Guy [mailto:murphy@uif.uillinois.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:15 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: cpytoxxx commands and comma delimited files

One of the annoyances of the CPYTOIMPF command is that to get it to work properly you have create the ascii file beforehand with the proper code page.

What I do is create the ascii file first using the CPYTOSTMF command with the code page parameter set to *PCASCII. I usually copy some source file member to create the file. It can be any source file since it's going to be overwritten. Now when you use the CPYTOIMPF command using the MBROPT(*REPLACE) option, you should get the results you want.

Guy Murphy - murphyfa@uiuc.edu
FACTS system - University of Illinois
217-333-8670
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