On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:08:33 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >> > >> Do whatever it takes to create the actual data set you want to transmit, > >> *then* invoke ftp to transmit it. > >> > THis may depend on the denizens' of the target system having the > privilege and skill to do this. > > >... We do have > >Microfocus COBOL. Interestingly(?), it can read the "mainframe encoded" > >data (EBCDIC, z series integers & packed decimal) just fine. > Unfortunately, > >unless I'm missing something, there is not any option to read in > "mainframe > >encoded" mode but write out in "Windows encoded" mode. ... > > > So leave the data in "mainframe encoded" mode perpetually and rely on the > abilities of Microfocus COBOL to process it? > ??? > Except that they want to use other languages as well. I am now wondering if, while in "mainframe encoded" mode, the COBOL program could properly talk to an MS SQL Server (company standard) to store the data, instead of in a regular PC file. > > <redacted> > > > > -- gil > > -- "Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'." -- Michael McClary, in alt.fusion Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
