Conversion Rules - Character String

Conversion Rules - Character String

Size Errors when Converting Character Strings

Data Converter ignores trailing spaces when reporting size errors for character string conversions. Data Converter only reports a size error if the string that remains, after the trailing spaces are removed, is too large for the target field.

For CSV files, a size error is reported only if the string length is greater than the maximum allowed.

Treatment of NULL (0x00) and extended ASCII code

Low-value is a conversion error because Data Converter does not consider 0x00 and extended ASCII code (0x80-0xFF) to be a character string. For low-value data, use the User Defined Conversion Tables (.CNV) as follows.

Example of User Defined Conversion Tables:

#ASCI ASCI
00:00
#ASCI EBCD
00:00