Re: Using SNADS to transfer file

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Snads doesn't give you any guarantees that ftp doesn't.

Digging way down into the well of memory, hopping into the "way back 
machine".  You can use a technique used in old batch methods, and 
currently used by EDI.

If you are going to flat files anyway do the following.  Add a record to 
the beginning, and one at the end.  Pick one, two or more fields to do 
totals on.  Even if it doesn't make sense, like order number.  Total 
this/these field(s) up and store them into the final record.  The 
receiving program could then do the same processing on it's end and make 
sure that it's totals match what is in the final record.

I think that this is one verification technique that is going to be lost 
by all the script kiddies that are switching over from real EDI to 
emailing a report from a query generator, (trust me, we have a customer 
that wants to do this switch).

Did you say you were switching over to iSeries-to-iSeries?  If so, and you 
are getting scrambled data, you could try wrapping up the data into a save 
file first.  That has been rather flawless for us, (providing you always 
create the save file on the remote system prior to ftping the bugger 
over).  Other options may include using TCP/DDM.

Rob Berendt
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