RE: Tab delimited... again -- RPG400-L

Well, I replied to this yesterday, but I guess it got lost.....

The blank padding trait is an effect caused by defining fixed length
character fields in a file.  We traditionally code all character fields as
fixed length with a default value of *blanks.  Having a nice, rigid, clearly
defined record structure was definitely an advantage in the RPGII days, but
today, the comiler is supposed to take care of all that data mapping stuff
anyway.  Modern database designs allow for varying length character fields,
and do not require blanks to pad out the field. 

In DDS, you can use the VARLEN attribute to enable varying length character
fields.  
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/info/rzakb/rzakbmst82.htm#
HDRTDVARLE 

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: John Cunha [mailto:John.Cunha@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 1:57 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Tab delimited... again


Sorry Eric,
What do you mean?
John Cunha

-----Original Message-----
From: DeLong, Eric [mailto:EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: July 17, 2003 1:59 PM
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Tab delimited... again

Adoption of varying length fields in the database would resolve this
problem.....

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: John Cunha [mailto:John.Cunha@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:01 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Tab delimited... again


Hi Matt,
Thanks for answering...
Yes, CPYTOIMPF works... but it does not remove blank space in the
fields. It uses the original field length as the delimiter.
e.g.

Record#
....5...10...15...20...25...30...35...40...45...50...55...60...65 
      1  RS|A|450100010           |45-01-999           |3  |3  |SECONDS

      2  RS|A|450101563           |45-01-999           |3  |3  |NT
T-NECK  
      3  RS|A|450102719           |45-01-999           |3  |4  |LADIES'
W. 
      4  RS|A|450102729           |45-01-999           |3  |3  |NR PRT
MOC 
      5  RS|A|450102784           |45-01-999           |3  |3  |C.E
NATURA 
                       |___  _____|

                           \/  
                        DEAD SPACE
Should look like this

      1  RS|A|450100010|45-01-999|3|3|SECONDS    
      2  RS|A|450101563|45-01-999|3|3|NT T-NECK  
      3  RS|A|450102719|45-01-999|3|4|LADIES' W. 
      4  RS|A|450102729|45-01-999|3|3|NR PRT MOC 
      5  RS|A|450102784|45-01-999|3|3|C.E NATURA

Regards,
John

-----Original Message-----
From: Haas, Matt [mailto:Matt.Haas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: July 17, 2003 11:02 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Tab delimited... again

Doesn't CPYTOIMPF do this?

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: John Cunha [mailto:John.Cunha@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:34 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Tab delimited... again


Hello.

I would like to thank Scott Klement [klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx] for the
great help he gave me.

Once again... Thanks Scott!

 

Now my challenge:

We have to send files which "MUST" be tab delimited to a third party
vendor.

We have a way of doing that; however it entails writing separate RPG
programs for every file,

since they all have different record layouts/fields/lengths.

 

Does anyone have or know of a generic utility that can do this for any
file?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

John Cunha

Northern Group Retail Ltd

 


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