Comments on: CPYFRMIMPF Issue

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:44:01 +0000

fixed requires that each “column” of the input data be spaced according to the database file that you’re putting the data into. I haven't needed to use *FIXED, so I don't know. Examples in the Info Center seem to show that matching the spacing/positioning is not required. As near as I can tell, that's one main point of the FDF -- to provide a conversion map. Tom

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:44:38 +0000

fixed requires that each “column” of the input data be spaced according to the database file that you’re putting the data into. Easy enogh for Character fields, A bit an issue with other types of fields.

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:18:53 +0000

I can’t tell what the right way to do it is. From your description, your command apparently needs to look more like this:

CPYFRMIMPF FROMSTMF('/home/rdutil/prj36up1.txt')
           TOFILE(NEWPAY/PRJ36)
           MBROPT(*REPLACE)
           RCDDLM(*CRLF)
           DTAFMT(*FIXED)
           STRDLM(*NONE)
           RMVBLANK(*NONE)
           RPLNULLVAL(*NO)

You said your streamfile isn’t delimited, so the DTAFMT(*FIXED) parameter needs to be specified. I don’t know if you need STMFLEN(135).

Without seeing what lines in the streamfile contain and what your database file is like, that’s about as far as it can go.

It won’t run, though. The error message will explain why, and the for the command will explain what to do about it.

Tom

By: raydutil

raydutil — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:43:24 +0000

Here is the command I’m using: CPYFRMIMPF FROMSTMF(‘/home/rdutil/prj36up1.txt’) TOFILE(NEWPAY/PRJ36) MBROPT(*REPLACE) STMFLEN(135) RCDDLM(*CRLF) STRDLM(*NONE) RMVBLANK(*NONE) RPLNULLVAL(*NO)