Re: Moving data to the IFS

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill

I wonder if this is for the sign. If all your values are non-negative, 
you'll have a blank in there, and a minus sign otherwise.

Maybe?
Vern

At 07:28 AM 10/15/2004, you wrote:
> I'm having a problem moving data to the IFS and having the record layout of
> the IFS file match its source file in DB2/400.  This is the scenario:
> I have a file in DB2/400 that has to be moved to a PC shareable drive.  For
> security reasons we do not want to FTP the file.  If I use the CPYTOIMPF
> command alpha fields move fine but numeric fields have an additional byte
> added to them (In DB2/400 the field is defined 11 bytes with 0 decimal
> positions zoned) and when it gets to the IFS the record layout is shifted 1
> byte for each numeric field sent.
> If I copy the DB2/400 file data to a source file and use the CPYTOSTMF
> command, the resulting file is shifted one byte.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Bill Erhardt
> Baldwin Hardware
>
>
>
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