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devpal · Beginner Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 14 Topics: 8

Hi,

I need to transfer a sequential file containing packed decimals from mainframe to a notepad. It gives me all junk values in the packed decimal fields when I do this. I thought of writing a small cobol program where I can convert a packed to a numeric field and then transmit. But in this case the file length would increase. Please can you let me know if there is any alternate solution?

Regards,
Devpal.

kolusu · Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:42 am Post subject:

Devpal,

You don't need a pgm to convert a packed decimal to a numeric. You can use SORT to conversion. The length will increase depending the value in the field. if you are sure that your data will not have a value greater than numeric field length, then you can simply convert the field.

Hope this helps...

Cheers

kolusu
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