Re: Identifying Numeric Columns with Bad Data - S36 DDS Conversion

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you define the output with DDL, and instead of using CPYF, you used a
RPG program to read from S/36 and write to DDL you could use exception
output on those with errors.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Doing a S36 conversion to add DDS/DDL to tables.
>
> Is there a good methodology to check for decimal data errors on columns
> and fix them quickly ?
>
> We do a CPYF *NOCHK to populate the tables.
>
> And I’ve seen SQL function “systools.validate_data” as one possible method.
>
> Thoughts appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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