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Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Notes on the delimited import file (CPYTOIMPF command)</title> </head> <body id="rbal3cpy"><a name="rbal3cpy"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Notes on the delimited import file (CPYTOIMPF command)</h1> <div><p>This topic contains information about using the CPYTOIMPF command with delimited import files.</p> <div class="section"><div class="p"> <dl><dt class="dlterm"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />Blanks<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></dt> <dd><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />You can use the RMVBLANK parameter to handle blank characters from the character fields. The RMVBLANK parameter has the following options: <ul><li>*NONE: All leading and trailing blanks are retained.</li> <li>*LEADING: Leading blanks are removed. This is the default value.</li> <li>*TRAILING: Trailing blanks are removed.</li> <li>*BOTH: Leading and trailing blanks are removed.</li> </ul> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Removal of blanks, as specified by the RMVBLANK parameter, takes precedence over string delimiters.</div> <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></dd> <dt class="dlterm">Null fields</dt> <dd>If a field is null, the field contains two adjacent field delimiters (no data in between).</dd> <dt class="dlterm">Delimiters</dt> <dd> <img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><ul><li>A delimiter cannot be a blank.</li> <li>A string delimiter or a string escape character cannot be the same as a field delimiter, a record delimiter, a decimal point, a date separator, or a time separator.</li> <li>A field delimiter cannot be the same as a record delimiter.</li> <li>When a string delimiter character is contained by a string, precede the string delimiter in the string with the string escape character specified with the STRESCCHR parameter.</li> <li>The defaults for delimiters are as follows: <ul><li>String is: *DBLQUOTE (double quotation mark)</li> <li>Field is: , (comma)</li> <li>Decimal point is: . (period)</li> <li>Record is: *EOR (end of record)</li> </ul> </li> </ul><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /> </dd> <dt class="dlterm"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />String escape character<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></dt> <dd><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />When a string delimiter character is contained by a string, you can use the STRESCCHR parameter to specify a string escape character for indicating that the string delimiter character should be treated as a normal character instead of string delimiter.<div class="p">The STRESCCHR parameter has the following options:<ul><li>*NONE: No string escape character is used.</li> <li>*STRDLM: The string delimiter is used as the string escape character.</li> <li><var class="varname">character-value</var>: The <var class="varname">character-value</var> is used as the string escape character.</li> </ul> </div> <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></dd> <dt class="dlterm">Numeric fields</dt> <dd>Decimal points are either a period or a comma (command option).</dd> <dt class="dlterm">Graphic fields</dt> <dd>The string delimiter is placed around all graphic data. If graphic data is contained in the file and the string delimiter is the *NONE value, an error is signaled.</dd> <dt class="dlterm">All fields</dt> <dd>The CAST function in SQL copies the data from the from-file to the to-file. All data is copied and the relative record numbers of the from-file and to-file are the same, unless the from-file contains deleted records. Deleted records are not copied.</dd> <dt class="dlterm">CCSIDs</dt> <dd>The data from the from-file is read into the to-file's CCSID.<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />If the CCSID of the from-file field is 65535, the data will be converted from the CCSID specified in the FROMCCSID parameter.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p> </dd> <dt class="dlterm">Date fields</dt> <dd>All date formats supported by <span class="keyword">iSeries™</span> can be exported (*ISO, *USA, *EUR, *JIS, *MDY, *DMY, *YMD, *JUL, *YYMD).</dd> <dt class="dlterm">Time fields</dt> <dd>All time formats supported by <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> can be exported (*ISO, *USA, *EUR, *JIS, *HMS).</dd> <dt class="dlterm">Date and time separators</dt> <dd>All valid separators are supported for date and time fields.</dd> <dt class="dlterm">Timestamp fields</dt> <dd>Timestamp export fields must be 26 bytes.</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbal3usingcpyto.htm" title="The Copy To Import File (CPYTOIMPF) command copies the data from the from-file (typically a database file) to an import file.">Use the Copy To Import File (CPYTOIMPF) command to copy between different servers</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>