That's cobol. I found some info about the data types here: http://www.felgall.com/cob1.htm
Have a look. Unfortunatelly I can't be more helpful but hopefully this will put you on the right track. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 11:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Weird format > > The file is an odd format which I haven't seen before. The patient balance is > supposed to be in column 810 for a length of 9 (7 and 2 after decimal) > > In that field are weird characters like '}' 'J' and other characters. Is this some > packed format? I don't get it. > > All the other data so far has been either Z for numeric (which I think is left > zero filled) and C for character. > > > > > --- On Wed, 3/2/11, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Alan Bourke <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Weird format > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 4:06 AM Could they be xBase-style > > picture codes as opposed to a data type? Z being 'blank if zero' . > > > > -- > > Alan Bourke > > alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
