Comments on: Packed fields in Flat Files http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/packed-fields-in-flat-files/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: bmangan http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/packed-fields-in-flat-files/#comment-53749 bmangan Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:12:33 +0000 #comment-53749 John,

Another way to view the packed data is while in DSPPFM you can use F10 and F11 and that would display the hex data top to bottom. Hope this helps. This option are shown is you use the F24 more keys option.

Regards,

Bryan

]]> By: gilly400 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/packed-fields-in-flat-files/#comment-53738 gilly400 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:38:57 +0000 #comment-53738 Hi,

BigKat is right – I thought the idea was to get a flat file from a physical with packed fields, but it’s the other way around.

By the way – this is starting to look like a beards only answer :-)

Regards,

Martin Gilbert.

]]> By: graybeard52 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/packed-fields-in-flat-files/#comment-53730 graybeard52 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:27:36 +0000 #comment-53730 Yes – BigKat has the correct answer. One other option is to write a RPG program that reads the flat file and writes to the new external file. Writing a LF over the flat is not going to work with packed fields.

]]> By: bigkat http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/packed-fields-in-flat-files/#comment-53713 bigkat Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:27:20 +0000 #comment-53713 Actually, since it is a flat file containing packed data, shouldn’t he create a physical file with the defined layout including the PACKED fields and do a CPYF with FMTOPT(*NOCHK)???

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