Import CFD File layout

kumar_j12 · Post by **kumar_j12** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:28 am

Hi All,

I am facing an error when i try to import the table definition using sequential stage which contains the CFD(Cobol) File layout

I used sequential stage because the data is Ascii format

Error message is
'*' Unrecognized syntax

It is working in my friends machine.Do i need to change any formats in the notepad or something else

Thanks

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:37 am

What column is that "*" in? Cobol is picky about indenting. Col 7 for comment, 8-11 and 12 to 79.

kumar_j12 · Post by **kumar_j12** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:50 am

Line number 12.
if i delete manually ,it pointed to next line *.

It is working in my friend machine

Sainath.Srinivasan · Post by **Sainath.Srinivasan** » Wed May 13, 2009 10:19 am

What is the start position you provided? It must be 8.

Surprising that it left the top 5 lines. Did you give the header lines?

kumar_j12 · Post by **kumar_j12** » Wed May 13, 2009 11:51 am

The start point is from line 1

Sainath.Srinivasan wrote:What is the start position you provided? It must be 8.

Surprising that it left the top 5 lines. Did you give the header lines?

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:32 pm

Not line 8 but column 8, the "*" means a comment in column 7 and thus your error.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:56 pm

Arnd is talking about columns - why are you talking about lines? His point is that you must correctly identify the column in which the "A margin" - where the 01 level items occur - is. Based on your example, I believe that this should be 2.

kumar_j12 · Post by **kumar_j12** » Thu May 14, 2009 12:28 pm

I am unable to understand.

My question is why i am getting this error in my machine,as it worked in other machine
Is there any wrong with my machine(changing any parameter in control panel) to get rid of * error

ray.wurlod wrote:Arnd is talking about columns - why are you talking about lines? His point is that you must correctly identify the column in which the "A margin" - where the 01 level items occur - is. Based on your ...

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:01 pm

You set it in the import dialog itself.