Re: FTP of file w/packed decimal data from S/390 to iSeries *PF

Michael -

Regards,
Steve

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Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 3:28 PM
Subject: FTP of file w/packed decimal data from S/390 to iSeries *PF

List,

We have a VSAM KSDS (indexed) dataset on our VSE platform that we want to move to the iSeries. This file has fixed length records but some of the data in the record is in packed decimal format. I had a brief conversation with someone from iSeries FTP support and they pointed me to a document in the iSeries Information Center that states "Before packed decimal or zoned decimal data can be transferred to or from other system architectures (such as S/390(R) or UNIX(R)), you must convert the data to printable form."

Other than the obvious method of reformatting the data to printable format and FTP the reformatted file, I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas of how this could be accomplished. If that is our only recourse then that is what we will have to do. I just want to make sure I've exhausted all the possibilities before I resign myself to this task. We have several files that will have be handled this way.

TIA for any other ideas you may want to share.

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Regards,

Michael Rosinger
Systems Programmer / DBA
Computer Credit, Inc.
640 West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, NC  27101
336-761-1524
m rosinger at cciws dot com

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