Expert: Concise Systems/Laird Scranton - 10/17/2007

Question
We would like to download AS400 data files to be used on PC (Oracle Database).
Please suggest the easiest and best way to achieve it.

Regards.

Answer
If you can access AS/400 folders from your network, you can copy a file to an AS/400 folder using the CPYTOPCD command.  Otherwise, most 5250 emulation programs offer an option to transfer an AS/400 file to a PC.

Normally when converting data to a new platform, the receiving system requires the data to be organized in a particular format or layout.  If this is the case, you may  need a programmer to write custom conversion programs to put your AS/400 data into the correct format.

- Laird