RE: Query output with Tab delimeted file -- RPG400-L

Yes this works...I just tried CPYTOIMPF with  FLDDLM(X'05')   then pop over
to DOS and did an FTP GET, opened the file in Excel and it saw it as tab
delimited.

x'05'  hmmm. I was trying x09  after looking at QASCII table.

Tom

 |  -----Original Message-----
 |  From: alan shore [mailto:SHOREA@dime.com]
 |  Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 14:36
 |  To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
 |  Subject: 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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