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Re: Can I use FMTDTA to map new fields?

Michael,

Is there a specific reason as to why you want to use FmtDta?  If not, it
seems as if a couple of steps, one of which is ChgPF, would work just fine.
SQL would also be an option if you wanted to have the records sorted at the
time of data load.

Bill


Mlpolutta@aol.com wrote:
> Can I use the FMTDTA command in place of CPYF FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP)?  I
> need to move the data in one file to an "upgraded" version of that
> file - with new fields in it.  I haven't been able to figure out how
> to get FMTDTA to put blanks and zeroes in the new fields.  Is this
> possible?  (I know about "forced control" fields, but that means
> performing a sort - and I'm trying to use FMTDTA to do just a copy.)

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