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Issue while reading a sequential file
Environment : IS 8.5 Fixpack 1 on Windows Server 2008
NLS : Project default (ASCL_MS1252)
Delimiter : Tab
Final Delimiter : End
Record delimiter : Unix Newline / Null (does not matter)
Issue : I am trying to read a sequential file having tab delimiter. For example the data looks as below
ColA ColB ColC
123 456 ABCD
The datatypes for these columns defined are ColA varchar(10 Not Null) , ColB Varchar(50),ColC Varchar(20).

When i view the sequential file or write to any DATASET I see the data displayed with spaces between each characters.
ColA ColB ColC
1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D
Not sure why this is happening !

View the data how?

Viewing using sequential stage view option

Try reading the file with something else, like WordPad.

Ray,

We have used textpad and opened the file able to see the contents of the file but not with the sequential Stage.

Thanks
Sri

And do the spaces exist when you use TextPad?