RE: Import taking over 24 hours

If you can get the files into an AS/400 flat file, you can load them
into a user space and parse the data with an RPG program one character
at a time. Load the data from the user space into a fixed size buffer to
avoid doing too much I/O. I've never done that with anything very large,
but I know it works.  We get files from a credit card processor that
insists on sending them in binary form.  We do have a file layout
though; it comes in handy since there are some variable length fields.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:06 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: Import taking over 24 hours
>
> Part of the problem is the files are a cobol stream file and
> we do not have the file layout, the vendor that wrote that
> program is unwilling to provide us with that information....I
> am trying to negotiate a deal with them for the info, but so
> far they have claimed its proprietary.
>
>
> On Mon, 9 May 2005 11:15:16 -0400, Jon Paris wrote
> > Why not access the RS/6000's file system through the IFS route and
> > process the flat files directly with an RPG program?  Why
> waste time
> > going through tab delimited etc?
> >
> > Jon Paris
> > Partner400
> >
> > www.Partner400.com
> > www.RPGWorld.com
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