problem with column import stage

[siva4joy]

hi,
i am having a problem with column import stage when extracting the data from sequential file which is a binary and importing no of columns which are char.i am getting the following warnings .

columnCU,0: Import consumed only 173bytes of the record's 1061 bytes (no further warnings will be generated from this partition)
columnCU,0: Import unsuccessful at record 0:
colCA,0: Import consumed only 50bytes of the record's 54 bytes (no further warnings will be generated from this partition)
colCA,0: Import unsuccessful at record 0:

can anybody tell me why this problem is coming.
highly appreciate your help in this.

[ray.wurlod]

In record 0 (the first line in the source file/data set) you don't have enough metadata to describe the entire record. Is the field delimiter correctly set? Is the record delimiter correctly set? Do you require a final delimiter?

[siva4joy]

i have given the filed delimiter as none and record delimiter also as none.
is there any problem with that one.

[ray.wurlod]

In what format are the data arriving? That's what you must specify correctly to the stage.

[siva4joy]

the format is binary and i am importing the data as char.

[ray.wurlod]

Try VarChar. Are there any "zero bytes" in your data?

[siva4joy]

no, total length for all columns is 1061 bur for particular this segment(CU) i am having only 173 bytes .

[ray.wurlod]

Is the 174th byte 0x00?
This might be interpreted as a C-language string terminator.

[siva4joy]

actually the file which i am using is coming as a .txt file from mainframe.
from which i have to extarct the values and load it into secveral columns that's why i am using column import stage.
and after 173 bytes there is no char i mean it's a space values.
but i am taking only 173 bytes.