Jim, You are right, my response was a little rude. I apologize.
A PDF is simply a stream of binary data - records are of no consequence. You can store a PDF in any kind of dataset you want, so long as you can read it from your COBOL program and load it into the BLOB. RECFM=U, BLKSIZE=27998 seems the most natural to me. You might also consider a zFS file in say /tmp. Kirk Wolf On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Jim McAlpine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Kirk Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This question has great potential for a really long IBM-MAIN thread :-) >> >> Is it a question about: >> - how to store a PDF in a dataset? >> - how to load PDFs into DB2? >> - how to transfer a PDF to a mainframe dataset? >> - how to process DB2 LOBs in COBOL ? >> >> Pick your favorite aspect, or anything slightly related, and post away :-) >> >> The requirements are little vague to suggest the best approach. >> For example: where are PDFs that you want to load? If they are on >> another platform and you can get a DB2 client connection from that >> platform, then use a utility or simple program (say, in Java) on that >> platform to load the PDF into the LOB via a remote DB2 connection. >> >> Kirk Wolf >> Dovetailed Technologies >> >> >> > I thought that I had explained the question in my original post. All the > other people that answered didn't seem to have a problem and answered > specifically regarding the attributes of the dataset in which to store the > PDF file. The other stuff in my original post intimated that the PDF would > be uploaded to DB2 with a COBOL program and that I would FTP the PDF > to z/OS. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. > > Jim McAlpine > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
