conversion of Binary/packed fields to text fields

iknow

Hi All
How to convert Binary/packed fields to text fields. Please give a detailed explanation.

Rupesh.Kothari · Member of the Month Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 486

HI,

vicky10001 · Active User Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 109

PLEASE FIND INCLUDE COND=(1,8,CH,EQ,C'TTXSPCLB ')
SORT FIELDS=(10,4,BI,A)

OUTFIL FILES=01,
INCLUDE=((555,4,CH,EQ,C'1234'),OR,(555,4,CH,EQ,C'123 ')),
OUTREC=(1:C'XSPCLBT ', /*FIELD1
9:9,1, /*FIELD2
10:10,4,BI,EDIT=(TTTTTTTTT), /*FIELD2
19:14,55, /*FIELD2
74:69,2,PD,EDIT=(STTT),SIGNS=(+,-,,)) /*FIELD2
THE SORT - CONVERT TO TEXT

Sridevi_C · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject:

Hi vicky,
What do you want to convey?
Regards,
Sridevi.

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1526

Hi I,

Here's something I did a while ago. The redefines are a bit overdone because I was using the fields for other uses too. If you're using a COMP field move it to WS-WORK-X5.