RE: Using CPYTOIMPF

I suspect the problem is with the target file.  I think you need to specify
it as a database file rather than a stream file as in the example below:

 From file:                       FROMFILE                      
   File . . . . . . . . . . . . .                xxxxx          
     Library  . . . . . . . . . .                  *LIBL        
   Member . . . . . . . . . . . .                *FIRST         
 To data base file:               TOFILE                        
   File . . . . . . . . . . . . .                yyyyy          
     Library  . . . . . . . . . .                  *LIBL        
   Member . . . . . . . . . . . .                *FIRST         
 To stream file . . . . . . . . . TOSTMF                        
                                                
 Replace or add records . . . . . MBROPT         *ADD           
 To CCSID . . . . . . . . . . . . TOCCSID        *FILE          
 Record delimiter . . . . . . . . RCDDLM         *EOR           
 Record format of import file . . DTAFMT         *DLM           
 String delimiter . . . . . . . . STRDLM         '"'            
 Field delimiter  . . . . . . . . FLDDLM         ','            
                                                                

This example, which uses the defaults will give you a comma delimited flat
file in the QSYS.LIB file system with quoted character fields.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin.Cubitt@keymed.co.uk [mailto:Martin.Cubitt@keymed.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 6:53 AM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Using CPYTOIMPF
> 
> 
> 
> I am attempting to use CPYTOIMPF using the following command:
> 
> CPYTOIMPF FROMFILE(V84WB/VENDOR) 
> TOSTMF('/QSYS.LIB/MCLIB.LIB/BRD01.FILE')
> MBROPT(*REPLACE) RCDDLM(*CRLF)
> 
> I have tried the option with *REPLACE and *ADD and tried it 
> without the
> file BRD01 and with it.
> 
> I would have expected a file called BRD01 to have been 
> created in library
> MCLIB (which is in QSYS).
> 
> The job log shows:
> File QACP452330 created in library QTEMP.
> Member QACP452330 added to file QACP452330 in QTEMP.
> Information passed to this operation was not valid.
> No records copied from file VENDOR in V84WB.
> Object QACP452330 in QTEMP type *FILE deleted.
> Copy command ended because of error.
> 
> Message . . . . :   Information passed to this operation was 
> not valid.
> 
> Cause . . . . . :   Possible causes:
>     --The operation could not use the data passed to it.
>     --A name may not be correct.
>     --Directory was expected, but a file was specified.
>     --File was expected, but a directory was specified.
>     --The function requested is not supported by the file system.
> Recovery  . . . :   Check the data passed to determine the 
> cause of the
> 
> 
> Any ideas?!
> 
> 
> 
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