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Abhi
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i am reading some column value in a variable of PDF report:
-READ HOLDTBL &COL1.A20;

The string value from COL1, which I am saving is: AA,BB,CC

But when i print the variable value, it shows only 'AA'. I changed the comma using ASCII char &|#44, but in PDF it prints same '&|#44' in place of comma. How to show complete string as 'AA,BB,CC'?



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Posts: 16 | Registered: September 07, 2007Report This Post
FrankDutch
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Abhi

What is the script you use to create the HOLD file? (please post it)
The string has 3 fields? so you want to read these 3 fields in separate variables?

If so change the command into

-READ HOLDTBL, &COL1 &COL2 &COL3

The comma after holdtbl indicates it is a comma delimited file.




Frank
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databases: msSQL2000, msSQL2005, RMS, Oracle, Sybase,IE7
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Abhi
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These are not three fields. This is single string value reading from single column.

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GamP
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Abhi,

If I run the following code:
FILEDEF IN DISK IN.TXT (LRECL 20 RECFM V
-RUN
-WRITE IN AA,BB,CC,DD
-WRITE IN So this is text
-RUN
-READ IN &COL.20
-TYPE &COL
-READ IN &COL.20
-TYPE &COL

Then the result is exactly as I expect:
AA,BB,CC,DD
So this is text

Please include your code so we can see what's wrong, because your short descriptiuon of the problem is not enough to go on.

GamP


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ihf
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GamP, FrankDutch has right approach (hope you dont mind Frank). Read it in as comma delimited like he said and add the line following his:
-READ HOLDTBL, &COL1 &COL2 &COL3
-SET ALLTHREE = &COL1||','||&COL2||','||&COL3 ;
YOU SHOULD SEE THE VALUES OF ALL THEEE SEPARATED BY COMMAS. YOU CAN CONTROL SPACING IN THERE USING PARENS AND WEAK CONCATENATION.
 
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