RE: Creating CSV files on the IFS

I *am* using the CPYTOIMPF command.
Problem is, I have a field with this data (no quote marks)
"Item           ""Category  "
"125000AAZ      ""SOLENOIDS "

CPYTOIMPF will make a CSV file form this, but it looks like:
Item           ,Category  <CRLF>
125000AAZ      ,SOLENOIDS <CRLF>

I want the data to look like
Item,Category<CRLF>
125000AAZ,SOLENOIDS<CRLF>

Data transfer from the AS400 correctly trims spaces from character data when
it downloads. CPYTOIMPF doesn't appear to (on my system V4R5).

I could manually dump the data, trim spaces, and add commas into a single
field work file that I could then run through CPYTOSTMF. I would rather not
do that, if OS400 has a command to correctly trim the character data when
creating a CSV file. Well, it doesn't know it's a CSV file, but if you
change the DTAFMT parameter to *DLM, it should be smart enough to trim the
data (being the whole point of delimiting it). I understand that using
DTAFMT(*FIXED) would preserve trailing spaces, and it should.

Loyd

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve McKay [mailto:Steve.McKay@SouthTrust.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:03 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Creating CSV files on the IFS



Loyd -

Oops - sorry, make that CPYFRMIMPF/CPYTOIMPF commands . . .

Steve

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