Problem in ftpying the datasets containing comp values to AIX from mainframe

sekhar_gajjala · November 18, 2009, 6:20am

Hi,

When i am trying to ftp COBOL generated data sets which contain comp values to AIX in ASCII mode. the comp values are getting corrupted. If i ftp the data set in binary mode it is working properly, but for this i have to change some compiler options in the COBOL. Also if i want to use the data set outside a COBOL program for any calculations i am unable to use it as it is in binary.

Thanks.
Somasekhar Gajjala.

jyoung · November 18, 2009, 12:00pm

What I have done in the past for this is to reformat the comp values to a text format with a sign on the end to tell if it is negative or positive.

sekhar_gajjala · November 19, 2009, 4:27am

Can you please tell the possible process which you used to reformat the data to ascii.

Thanks and regards,
Somasekhar Gajjala.

jyoung · November 20, 2009, 1:23pm

What mainframe operating system do you have... IBM/MVS, IBM/VSE, etc?

sekhar_gajjala · November 21, 2009, 4:34am

IBM/MVS

jyoung · November 23, 2009, 1:11pm

Hi,
I have attached a cobol program that does what I described. Also sample JCL. The cobol program was originally written for use on VSE, but now works under MVS. You might also check out the forums at:MVSFORUMS.com :: Index . They probably could come up with a better solution as this was written with an older version of cobol.