Comments on: Excel Transfer from iSeries ERROR

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:09:55 +0000

Was this a join query – two files – one reported even when the matching entry in the other is missing? Including fields from both files? This type of query would/could return null values. These would explain your problem.
Phil

By: graybeard52

graybeard52 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:14:54 +0000

This usually is a data issue. Alpha chars in a numeric field, for example. Also, do you have the option to store numerics in an char column checked? Check that the columns line up correctly with the database.

By: philpl1jb

philpl1jb — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:18:16 +0000

Other files transfer ok?
If so, it might be the data .. something that would look like a date to excel but wasn’t valid
like 02/29/11?
Phil

By: as400novice

as400novice — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:38:39 +0000

Another bit of info: I tried the ‘transfer to excel’ again but this time Instead of manually entering the file name to be transferred, I selected browse instead. The system log on screen appears but after entering my details I get the same Error during data conversion.

By: as400novice

as400novice — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:58:24 +0000

I believe the OS400 ver is V4R4 while the CA is V6R1.

By: as400novice

as400novice — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:45:54 +0000

Thank you both for your input.

I have checked the QCCSID… the value is set to 65535 (which based on what I’ve read means the data is not converted).

Therefore what value should I set it to?

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:10:39 +0000

I wouldn’t expect null values at first, though they do need to be considered. I’d first ensure that the QCCSID system value was set correctly and that the query result file had a reasonable CCSID. If the data is being generated and then transferred as CCSID 65535, it should be corrected.

If a reasonable CCSID is set, then I’d look for nulls.

I see this is a 9401. What version of OS/400 is installed and what version of Client Access is used?

Tom