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RE: <TECH> Mercator Help
Actually, the field is a signed overpunch. That means that the
representation is the hollerith card equivalent to the numeral with the
addition of a 12-row punch for positive, or an 11-row punch for negative.
If you don't know what an 11-row or 12-row is, please refer to your ancient
DP history text. If you don't know what DP is ...
So, you will need to set up a table of equivalents. A = +1, B = +2, ... I =
+9, J = -1, K = -2 etc. I can't remember if { is positive or negative zero,
but } is the opposite. Remember that the sign applies to the entire number,
but it is stored in the last character.
Maybe the better idea would be to have the MVS guys produce you a file with
the COBOL "USAGE DISPLAY" and a separate sign and explicit decimal.
Good luck.
Art Douglas
Manager, eCommerce Systems
PaperPak
San Dimas, CA
909-971-5025
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:51 AM
To:
Subject: RE: [EDI-L] <TECH> Mercator Help
It's been a long time, but the numeric field could be a packed decimal.
Don't know the solution anymore - but 15 years ago we had to write small
routines to unpack the data.
Rachel Foerster
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Nadvornik [mailto:
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:57 PM
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Subject: [EDI-L] <TECH> Mercator Help
All,
I was wondering if someone could answer what I hope is a simple Mercator
Question.
I have a flat file being sent to me from a MVS environment the file
definition is in a COBOL Copy book, so I imported it into a type tree. I'm
able to map everything correctly, except for the signed fields. The record
looks like this in notepad
300 001 00000000AEA0000000000000{QT T 40707
The data between the AE and the QT should be a quantity, but I can not seem
to get it to map correctly. Does anyone have any suggestions? Please let
me know if you need more information.
Thanks,
John
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