RE: Packed Data in an Alpha Field???

[Ragnar Torfi Geirsson <Rato@xxxxxxx>]

In DBU hit F9 (Char/Hex) to select Hexadecimal mode.  Then you can read the
packed value.
In DSPPFM hitting F10 does the same thing.

One of many ways to convert back to proper format is to create another
Physical file with the same layout except the wrong Alpha field defined as
Packed.  Then copy from the wrong one to the new one using FMTOPT(*NOCHK)
.  The packed field must be exactly the same length as the packed data in
the Alpha field for this to work.  If the Alpha field is longer, then an
alpha field must be declared for the empty space(s).

Using data structure in RPG could also do the trick. 

Good luck

Ragnar Torfi Geirsson
Sjova-Almennar tryggingar hf.
Reykjavik 
Iceland


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Robertson, Scott [SMTP:SRobertson@dpsciences.com]
        Sent:   22. mars 1999 21:33
        To:     'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
        Subject:        Packed Data in an Alpha Field???

        I have a file that seems to have packed data being written to an
        alphanumeric field.  Is there any way to "view" the data in this
field?


        I've tried viewing the data through DBU, but it just shows the data
as
        little squares...the same as viewing it through DSPPFM.  I've tried
        creating an RPG program that moves the data from the alpha field to
a
        packed numeric field, but I get a decimal data error.

        I'm hoping that by viewing the data in this field, that I can figure
out
        what program is actually writing the data to the file.

        Any suggestions?

        Scott S. Robertson
        Information Systems Manager
        Data Processing Sciences Corp.
        Srobertson@dpsciences.com
        http://www.dpsciences.com
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