http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/modify-hexadecimal-flat-file-in-as400/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/modify-hexadecimal-flat-file-in-as400/#comment-113308 NeilD Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:28:42 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/modify-hexadecimal-flat-file-in-as400/#comment-113308 Presumably you are receiving a streamfile via FTP (?). The file is Tab delimited (Hex x’05′) and you need to strip out the data into a meaningful form.First task after the FTP is to get the file into a DB2 PF via CPYFRMSTMF or an alternative tool.Next you need to scan the PF for the tab delimitter which identifies the beginning/end of each field and write those fields to a workfile of some description thus giving you meaningful data.Hope this helps to get your design process rolling.Neil.

]]> http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/modify-hexadecimal-flat-file-in-as400/#comment-113299 TomLiotta Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:10:37 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/modify-hexadecimal-flat-file-in-as400/#comment-113299 First, please define “flat file” in your situation. There are at least two different possibilities: a streamfile or a single-field PF. Next, please define a “Hexadecimal FLat file”. What makes it “hexadecimal? What is the file CCSID? How was the file transferred? And what is a “connect direct”? A number of responses are possible to your question. A hex-05 character is just an EBCDIC TAB character. — Tom

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