Cobol - Re: OT (Maybe): ERPs

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Re: OT (Maybe): ERPs

Richard

2005-01-28, 8:55 am

> the cost to someone trying to import the file is many hundreds of
dollars.

I don't think that one can EMail a zOS VSAM file raw dump, if one could
the packed fields would be the least of the problems.

With most systems attempting to use raw files is nonsense. I know that
you used to do this with C-ISAM files which are _almost_ useful.
Data interchange must be done with well defined file structures.

Robert Wagner

2005-01-29, 3:55 am

On 28 Jan 2005 14:03:40 -0800, "Richard" <riplin@Azonic.co.nz> wrote:

>
>You just make stuff up.

Ordinarily, I might dig through the archives for substantiation. At
the moment I'm in the midst of a move to the frozen North
(Minneapolis) so don't have the time.

>
>Is this what your dumb users did when you sent them a C-ISAM file ?
>Did you send a note explaining where the sign was and the values ? Did
>you write the macro for them ? When the dash was 'added in front' did
>this misalign the fields ? or did it potentially overwrite the high
>order digit ?

I wouldn't send raw files. That's what I did when I was on the
receiving end.

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