Re: Query conversion num to alf

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doesn't CPYF handle some data conversion these days?  Seems I remember it
handling alpha to numeric (and reverse) transformations under certain
conditions...

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com





>On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 06:08:56PM -0600, Bill Megenity wrote:
>> I am building/reformatting a database using Query/400. I would like to
>> convert a character field to a numeric value. I can use DIGITS to go the
>> other way, but is there a way to go this direction?
>
>One way to do this conversion without programming is to use CPYF.
>If you have DDS like: A            CHAR10        10A and you want
>it to look like: A            DEC10         10P 0, you can go through
>an intermediate step of A            DEC10         10S 0.
>
>Create a copy of your file's DDS and change it from CHAR10 10A to
>DEC10 10S 0 so the field takes up the same number of bytes, and has
>the name you want for the final version of the file.
>CPYF oldfile intermediatefile FMTOPT(*NOCHK) to copy the file
>byte for byte.
>
>Create a copy of the intermediate file DDS and change it from
>DEC10 10S 0 to DEC10 10P 0, then CPYF intermediatefile finalfile
>FMTOPT(*MAP).  That'll convert the data from signed to packed.
>
>Buck Calabro
>CommSoft, Albany, NY
>mailto:mcalabro@commsoft.net


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