BASE 64 to EBCDIC through COBOL

yogeshwar_ade · Active User Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 103 Location: INDIA

Hi All,

I am receiving data from 3 rd party in BASE 64 (http://www.hcidata.info/base64.htm)format through MQ.

But we need data in EBCDIC format for further processing.

I did googling to convert data form Base64 to EBCDIC format but found assembler reference (http://www.cicsworld.com/node/449), for which I am new.

Is there any way to do this by COBOL?

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:05 am

certainly yes if You have the skills,
here is a link to base xx encoding document
www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3548.html

but I would suggest that such issue be taken to some higher level in the decision/planning chain

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:11 am

Hello,

What is the host for the 3rd party system?

What happens if you FTP a test file from that platform to the mainframe using ASCII transfer?

I'd suggest you create a small file with the values of x'00' - x'ff' and transmit this to the mainframe. This test works well when each record in the test file is the next series. For example,

yogeshwar_ade · Active User Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 103 Location: INDIA

enrico ,

I gone through the given URL, but it just have details of Encoding format .... But doesn’t have any pointer for conversion using COBOL?

Thanks for Quick Reply.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:24 am

as I said You need the skill to implement it Yourself
never said that the link contained the code

Marso · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:02 pm

Check free tools at: http://www.redversconsulting.com/tools.php
If I remember well, you can get there free cobol source.

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:36 pm

Misunderstood the question. . .

Sorry 'bout that. . .

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