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poobalen
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I'm sending a file which is in RECFM=VB and LRECL=967 from an ASCII system to the HOST. But The uploaded file is not in sequence.
I created the file first with RECFM=VB and LRECL=967, after this I performed the transfer.
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expat
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| Usually use the BLOCK method for VB files, of do a VB >>> FB conversion |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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But The uploaded file is not in sequence.
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Please clarify this. I do not understand how the transfer would affect the sequence.
How did the vb file get created on the pc? |
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enrico-sorichetti
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just a hint...
if on the pc the file is ascii text, when converting to ebcdic text ...
the collating sequence will be different |
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superk
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I too am confused.
The ASCII file will contains end-of-line (EOL) characters in the form of a Carriage-Return/Line-Feed (CR/LF) pair. An upload using ASCII will convert the EOL to an EBCDIC Inter-Record-Seperator (IRS) value of 1E. This process will be done record-by-record, so the chances of losing a record or of them being stored out-of-sequence is virtually nil. |
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poobalen
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Hi ,
The Vb file was uploaded to the pc from mainframe, And then later we send back the file from pc to Mainframe.
i managed to upload the file ,but i have change format to fb before uploading the file to pc and mainframe. In mainframe then i convert in back to Vb format. |
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enrico-sorichetti
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again ...
in ASCII ( pc ) numbers come before the letters
in EBCDIC ( mainframe) the numbers come after the letters ...
in ASCII numbers and letters are a contiguos set
in EBCDIC they are not ( thanks to Hollerith )
provide the proper sorting before processing the data |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
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| in EBCDIC they are not ( thanks to Hollerith ) |
If memory serves, the Hollerith code pre-dated ascii. . .
I seem to remember from "way back" that other system creators worked hard to be different from IBM. See how much fun it has been. . . |
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enrico-sorichetti
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depends the meaning of pre-date 
not certainly in the predator sense
ascii origin is an offspring of punched tape architecture
EBCDIC is an offspring of punched card conventions ( Hollerith, BCD and so on ) |
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