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    Help asked on ASCII import

    Hi Guys,

    I am trying to import an ASCII file.
    All goes well except for two points that I can't solve.

    The date:
    My import file states the date like this: 20031005 which stands for 05 October 2003. When I select 'date' in the import genie for that field it ends up empty after importing. I assume the date format is unknown ?
    How can I adjust the format or what do I do to make it work ?

    The amount:
    My import file states the amount like this: 20050 which stands for $ 200.50 When I use 2 decimals on importing I get this result 200.00 Somehow the cents get lost.
    What do I do wrong here ?
    When I enter no decimals the result is: 20050.

    Can someone help my on my way with this ?

    Regards,

    Marcel

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    RE: Help asked on ASCII import



    Marcel Onck wrote:
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    Hi Guys,

    I am trying to import an ASCII file.
    All goes well except for two points that I can't solve.


    The date:
    My import file states the date like this: 20031005 which stands for 05 October 2003. When I select 'date' in the import genie for that field it ends up empty after importing. I assume the date format is unknown ?
    How can I adjust the format or what do I do to make it work ?

    This is one of the times that it pays off to import into a temporary table and then append to the table that you desire. You can do a simple import - only character fields and numeric - and then change the data as you append. For your date field, then you can use ctod().

    The amount:
    My import file states the amount like this: 20050 which stands for $ 200.50 When I use 2 decimals on importing I get this result 200.00 Somehow the cents get lost.
    What do I do wrong here ?
    When I enter no decimals the result is: 20050.

    For the amount field you can import without decimals - since there aren't any - and then divide by 100 in the append to get the correct value.

    You want the import to describe the data as it actually exists at the time of the import. Then you want to change it to the characteristics of the target table.


    Can someone help my on my way with this ?
    Thank you for writing in English. My neighbor (from Holland) has limited time availability (and computer knowledge) to translate the Dutch. :-)

    alb


    Regards,

    Marcel
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      #3
      RE: Help asked on ASCII import

      Thank you Al !

      Some of your tips look obvious, but you do got to think about them. I guess the best solutions are always the obvious ones........

      Regards,

      Marcel

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        #4
        RE: Help asked on ASCII import

        Let me know how the temp table worked. I have the same exact problem pulling in dates like 20031115 from our main frame. The CTOD function dose not convert the date to 11/15/2003 for me. Alpha should add this date type since there are a lot of systems using this.

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          #5
          RE: Help asked on ASCII import

          From the interactive window

          date1 = "20031205"
          ?odbc_dt_to_d(transform(date1,"@r 9999-99-99"))
          = {12/05/2003}

          Alpha has functions to do what you want

          Jerry

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