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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on May 5, 2019

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Length of last field (numeric) in .fdfx not honored

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During file upload (data transfer), for numeric fields, the length parameter for the last field specified in the .fdfx file is ignored, and instead all digits to the end of the record are attempted to be placed in the corresponding IBM i field. This results in an error: Data in Row 1, Column 4 is too long for the IBM i field (xxx). Note that in this case column 4 is the last field specified in the .fdfx file. When we specify "AllowNumericOverflow" in the ACS properties file, those extra digits still get added to the corresponding IBM i field, resulting in a value of all "9"'s. We would like the length parameter for the last field specified in the .fdfx file to be honored. This was the behavior in Client Access for Windows.


Use Case:

Customer provides the business with inventory data in a flat file. We upload that data to the MMS system on the IBM i.


Idea priority Medium
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    |     May 9, 2019

    We have reviewed this RFE along with the accompanying PMR. We have decided to decline this request. Even though your specific modifications to the fdf file for IBM i Access for Windows had the expected behavior, they were not supported. For data integrity reasons, the data file provided for the upload must match the format of the fdfx file (which must also match the IBM i file).

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