len wrote:
Hi all;
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Here is my problem. I need to start doing this in the really world at my company converting some older cobol system and data to python programs and MySQL. I have gotten past packed decimal fields and various other little tidbits. My problem is the data files aren't little three of four field files but Customer File with 98 fields etc. I understand building dictionaries and building with zip and I have even seen a reference to using __setattr__ in an empty class but I'm having a hard time moving past the little code snippts to real code.
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Thanks Len
I've never had the (mis?)fortune to work with COBOL -- what are the files like? Fixed format, or something like a dBase III style? I presume also that you only need access to them in COBOL format long enough to transfer them into MySQL -- true?
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