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Re: Question on CPYFRMSTMF

On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 9:48 AM Howie, Bill <BHowie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a field that is defined as a text field in the CSV file. This field contains an alphanumeric vendor number. It basically looks like this: 00123456. The database file I'm copying it into has one large 1,076-character field for each row of data from the text file. For some reason when the data is copied it drops the zeros off the front of the vendor number, so that it looks like this: 123456. The vendor number file I need to read using the number has the zeros on the front, so I need them there. What part of the CPYFRMSTMF command removes those zeros? Would it be better to use CPYFRMIMPF instead? Any info is as always appreciated. Thanks!

Have you confirmed that the leading zeros are still there in your IFS
stream file? I recommend using the DSPF command (or WRKLNK) for this
purpose.

What you describe sounds like it is happening in Excel, not anything on the i.

John Y.

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