How to use CFF to unpack the packed data from Mainframe sys

jojipjohn · Post by **jojipjohn** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:51 pm

Hi,

I tried using CFF to convert a packed data type, but could not find a place to specify this. The pdf file in docs does not say any thing about this.
Can someone please help me in this.

thurmy34 · Post by **thurmy34** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:54 am

Hi
Is the packed data type is the same than the group data type ?
I don't see this data type in the CFF.

Can you give an example of your copybook?

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:05 am

You need a copybook that defines the structure of the file, you then use the CFF importer to read this copybook and turn it into a complex flat file table definition. The data can then be read by the CFF stage and the complex structure flattened into a relational structure. Unpacking of fields will happen once the correct definition has been imported.