Re: Help creating a pipe delimited file

Rich,
Creating a file in the IFS is very easy, but if you are on a very tight
deadline, just create a normal PF as a "flat" file (CRTPF Rcdlen(nnn).
In your RPG program, rename the format name (it will be the same as the
file), then format your data field using the pipe (|) character to separate
the fields.
When you are done, use the CPYTOSTMF command to put it in a directory on
the IFS.

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Richard Reeve <rjrjr64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John,

I am on a tight deadline for this and really need the simplest
approach. I am not adverse to learning new things and as a matter of fact
would welcome that but am in crunch mode.........

Thanks for your willingness to help. I truly appreciate it.

Rich





On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Richard Reeve <rjrjr64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Alan,

Record type is always the first field, but employee number doesn't
always exist for each record type. I was considering adding employee
number to all record types (possibly hidden).

Being as this whole pipe delimited flat file approach is new to me I
will need some step by
step guidance.

Thanks for your willingness to help.


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:36 AM, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx

wrote:

Probably the go-to answer for most folks on this list is to write
directly to the IFS using RPG. Scott Klement, as usual, has some
great tutorials and examples on this topic:

http://www.scottklement.com/rpg/ifs.html

If you are even a little open to trying something (slightly) new and
out of the box, I highly recommend using Python instead:

http://www.iseriespython.com

There currently isn't much in the way of documentation or tutorials
for iSeriesPython, though. (There is plenty for Python itself, just
not specifically Python on the i, which is a slightly different
animal.)

John Y.
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