RE: VAX to AS/400 packed field conversion problem

Richard,

I believe we could do this, but it still presents a programming/prep
step in the equation. I actually found a link from '99 about an
identical problem, and it looks like the solution we have in place
(convert to signed, then FTP, then back to packed) is closest to the
easiest (FDF notwithstanding), unless there is new functionality

Thanks anyhow, appreciate the feedback, here is the link to the
discussion thread, FYI...

http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/199903/msg00503.html

Uros

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com] On Behalf Of Richard B Baird
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 3:16 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: VAX to AS/400 packed field conversion problem



uros,

can the VAX export a comma delimited ascii file from the original?  if
so, ftp it to the IFS and I think you can do a CPYFRMIMPF directly to
your physical file.



---original message-----
Hey gang, trying to transfer files from a VAX system to the 400. We
currently have a process in place that converts the packed fields on the
VAX to signed numerics, then we FTP them ASCII and finally, copy from
the flat file on the 400 to the database on the 400 that contains packed
fields. Is there a simpler way to do this, I was playing around with the
*TBL option on the CPYFRMSTMF (trying to copy to IFS as is), and trying
to research what character set ID I would need to convert to (is VAX
ascii?), but this does not seem to work?

Any ideas how to simplify?

Thanks,
Uros


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