Re: DFSORT/ICETOOL
Posted:
Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:42 amby dick scherrer
Hello,
The posted data has been "Code'd" and the data does Not have a packed decimal sign every 4 bytes.
It might be mixed. This totally depends on the creation of the file.
Re: DFSORT/ICETOOL
Posted:
Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:53 amby BillyBoyo
If you look at your Cobol layout, all those that are PIC S9... are signed, all those that are PIC 9... are not.
There is a tricky area you have to check on, since you are going to be converting the data: does the data "conform to PICture". Ie, if the PIC is S9... does the data contain a C/D as the low-order half-byte, and if PIC 9... does the data contain F as the low-order half byte. It is important to know - if the data does not "conform to PICture" now, it might after you "convert", and that might have consequences.