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


On 20/12/2006, at 8:28 AM, Michael Rosinger wrote:
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."
OS/400 understands OS/390 packed and zoned decimal data. The only difference between them is the preferred sign values. I would expect that you could FTP directly into a properly defined externally described database file and find that the decimal data is OK. 

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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