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Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:56 am**

I see lots of threads on CFF stage issue, COMP, Signed fields issues when reading file from mainframe file using FTP or Enterprise FTP plugin stage.

Does any has a proper documentation either personal or from IBM, as to how the job should be designed in parallel to handle COMP and Signed Integers?

I have been struggling with converting COMP and Signed fields from mainframe files and couldn't find any thread that specifies any standard practice to address this OR may be I couldn't find one (even if it's here).

Any help will greatly be appreciated.

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:58 am**

There are some examples in IBM's class DataStage Essentials (Server Edition) about how to use the SDK routines to "translate" such data into character numeric (= human readable) form.

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:00 am**

Is there any information as how to deal the same issue in PARALLEL JOB?

Posted: **Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:32 pm**

None of which I'm aware. However, if you study the SDK routines, you may get some clues as to the algorithms required in your own parallel routines.

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Processing mainframe files with Signed and Comp fields

Processing mainframe files with Signed and Comp fields