RE: Upload Excel spreadsheet to AS/400

[Mark Walter <mwalter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

maybe you can utilize an intermediate program like access to do you map. 

-----Original Message-----
From:   Michael_Hennessy@doubleday.com.au 
[SMTP:Michael_Hennessy@doubleday.com.au]
Sent:   Wednesday, December 06, 2000 6:33 PM
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Upload Excel spreadsheet to AS/400

Hi all,

one of our A/Ps has the following requirement:

I have an excel spreadsheet that has numeric data in most columns and also
some columns with alpha data.
The requirement is that I need to upload this to the As400 for use in a
program that converts this data into an existing file on the As400.

As we know, we get decimal data crashes if there is a space in a numeric
field.

How would you upload to the as400 from an excel spreadsheet with numeric
data in it--considering that IBM does not like spaces in numeric fields.

I have tried saving the excel spreadsheet as various formats and then
uploading the file:
     Csv   I can read but it would be tricky in the program.
     Prn  I can read but it puts a lot of spaces(eg 5 to 8) between the
fields.
     Txt  gives me 'junky' characters in the file.
     Xls  gives me 'junk' that I could not read in a program.
     Dif  gives me 'junk' that I could not read in a program.

Thanks in advance.

Mike Hennessy
Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd


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