Well, DB2 ships with a PDF file in the DSN!!0.SDSNIVPD dataset, member DSNDR, and it is a VB dataset, lrecl=8188.
Wayne Driscoll Product Developer NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim McAlpine Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:04 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Fwd: storing a PDF file in DB2 for z/OS Sorry, there was a typo in the title. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim McAlpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:02 PM Subject: string a PDF file in DB2 for z/OS To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <ibm-main@bama.ua.edu> We are looking at storing PDF files as DB2 BLOB data and I have some info on the COBOL programming aspect from a DB2 redbook. However we first have to get the PDF file stored in an MVS dataset. Obviously we can FTP the file but what would the attributes of the MVS dataset look like. Has anyone done this already. Jim McAlpine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html