Comments on: Empty/Null value field gets downloaded as Junk value when data is captured into Oracle from iseries http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/emptynull-value-field-gets-downloaded-as-junk-value-when-data-is-captured-into-oracle-from-iseries/ Sat, 25 May 2013 23:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: yorkshireman http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/emptynull-value-field-gets-downloaded-as-junk-value-when-data-is-captured-into-oracle-from-iseries/#comment-67261 yorkshireman Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:12:30 +0000 #comment-67261 This is not junk. It is a deliberate, consistent value, therefore, it results from the compiler initialising the field by default, or a value being passed in by an application.

I, too am not a Cobol geek.

You need to track back to the source of the data, and correct the program – probably by initialising to a valid value.

One further thought – you say these are being moved to Oracle. How does it interpret the hex’40′ of blank in EBCDIC, or x’00′ – Null. It may be the conversion which is faulty.

You need to follows Phils suggestion for examining the iSeries data and understand what and where.

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