RE: Query output with Tab delimeted file

As far as I can remember, TAB as in tab-delimited, or Horizontal Tab, is 
hexadecimal 5. So if a field containing hexadecimal 5, can be inserted between 
each field on the output Query file, the EBCDIC => ASCII conversion "should" 
work.
In spite of that - good luck

>>> "DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@Sallybeauty.com> 03/11/02 02:32PM >>>
Bill,

That's the problem... He has commas in his export fields (valid data) that
screw up the comma delimited file.  He wants to use *Tab delimiters (option
available in CPYFRMIMPF, but not CPYTOIMPF).  As far as I can tell, he'll
need to build the delimited *stmf with an RPG program, so he can use "tab"
for the field delimiter.  Of course, this brings ebcdic<->ascii translation
issues into the picture, as "tab" may not always translate the same.......

Seems like IBM should enhance CPYTOSTMF to support *TAB field delimiters.

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Sr. Programmer/Analyst
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: bill.reger@convergys.com [mailto:bill.reger@convergys.com]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:18 PM
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Query output with Tab delimeted file



Giri,

How about just creating a normal Query *OUTFILE, then using the CPYTOIMPF
(Copy To Import File) command to add the Comma Delimiters, etc.?  This
should be cleaner, neater, and easier to understand than to try to force
your Query to do add the delimiters, etc.

Bill


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