Anthony,
I've got a hard copy of the System/370 Reference Summary
showing the conversion tables that should point them in the
right direction. Give me a fax number and I will get it to
you (it's only six pages long).
BK
On Wed, 8 Nov 2000 08:36:46 -0800 Anthony Beecher
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am using perl for the FTP currently, but keep in mind that I am
> transferring NT to NT - the Character conversion goes on internally at the
> partner when they pull from NT into the mainframe.
>
> Does anyone know where in IBM System 370 they can look for the character
> conversion application and its rules?
>
> Anthony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 8:26 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ASCII - EBCDIC conversion issue
>
>
>
> Anthony,
>
> What product are you using to FTP. You might want to try sending the docs
> in Binary. This usually fixes the problems with conversions. If you can
> connect directly try dropping to the FTP prompt and sending it type binary.
> Your gateway software should support FTP via ASCII or binary. We have ran
> across this problem numerous times.
>
> Thanks,
> Jay Richardson
> EDI Programmer/ Analyst
> AIMS Logistics
> jrichardson@aimslogistics
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>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert C. Lyons [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 9:52 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: ASCII - EBCDIC conversion issue
>
>
> Anthony wrote:
> I am on a Windows NT4. I am FTPing ASCII X12 messages
> to my trading partner's Windows NT box. From there
> they pull the messages into an IBM System 370.
>
> The problem arises when certain characters fail
> character set conversion from ASCII to EBCDIC. The
> partner rejects an entire batch because it contains
> what they call "transparent data".
>
> Anthony,
>
> Does your X12 data contain any tilde (~) or pipe (|)
> characters? I've had problems in the past converting these
> characters between ASCII and EBCDIC.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Bob
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