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amit039
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Hi,
This is my first post in this forum.
I'm trying to use the IKJEFT01 OCOPY option in order to convert an EBCDIC data to ASCII. I'm using the following OCOPY :
OCOPY INDD(INPUT) OUTDD(OUTPUT) TEXT CONVERT('SYS1.MYLIB(MYTAB)') TO1047
I also tried:
OCOPY INDD(INPUT) OUTDD(OUTPUT) TEXT CONVERT((BPXFX311)) FROM1047
However I'm getting an S0000 U0102 abend in both cases. I think they may be due to the table aliases/table names used.
How can I get rid of this abend & use the OCOPY successfully ?   |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
If you convert the file to ASCII on the mainframe, how will it be used? |
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MBabu
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| I've never had luck with OCOPY and translation. iconv works well though for this but it is an extra step |
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amit039
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Hi all,
The data is supposed to be to a database used by java front end programs. However the EBCDIC to ASCII conversion is taken care by FTP.
However I misunderstood the format of the input:oops:. It is in some kind of binary format & I used DFSORT to format. I used the following in SYSIN part to convert it...
OPTION COPY
OUTREC FIELDS=(1,43,
44,4,BI,TO=ZD,LENGTH=8,
48,63,
111,4,BI,TO=ZD,LENGTH=8,
115,52,
167,4,BI,TO=ZD,LENGTH=8,
171,4,BI,TO=ZD,LENGTH=8,
175,65,
240,3,PD,TO=ZD,LENGTH=5,
243,195)
However I'm still getting some unwanted characters in the output.....  |
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superk
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amit039
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| The problem was few fields were in binary & packed decimals.. |
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Arun Raj
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| However I'm still getting some unwanted characters in the output |
Are u trying to convert binary/packed into displayable format? What output you r getting while using the card mentioned above and what's the expected output?
Thanks,
Arun |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
If you are going to transfer the file to a windows or unix system, you will probably not be able to use zoned-decimal - the ascii systems do not use the same zoned-decimal the mainframe does.
You need to convert the packed and/or binary numerics to an edited format that would include a physical decimal-point (if there is one) and the minus sign "-" for negative numbers (i.e. 123.45-). |
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amit039
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Hi all,
I'm able to transform the data format I mentioned to zoned decimal display using the code I mentioned. Though as the front end testing has not yet started I'm not yet sure whether the correct format is received there.
Dick,you mentioned about converting the binary & packed numerics to some edited format. Can you please specify which format I should switch to. Also I'm very new to mainframe programming. It would be very helpful if you leave a hint how I should proceed with it...  |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
This previous sort topic shows how to "edit" data:
ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=33127
Look at Frank's solution near the bottom of the topic.
The "edited" output should work in your pc application. |
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amit039
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Thanks Dick..I'll try it out...  |
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