Errors When Transferring Data from DOS Random Files
- Data in this field is too short for the system field. The data is padded. This error occurs when the workstation file contains character or hexadecimal data shorter than the specified field length. It also occurs if the length of the workstation field is defined as less than the system field, or if the data in the last record of the file is too short. Character fields are padded on the right with EBCDIC spaces. Hexadecimal fields are padded on the right with zeros.
- Data in this field is too long for the system field. The data
is truncated. This error occurs when the workstation file-description file
defines character or hexadecimal data as longer than the field length
specified for the system file.
For character data, this error occurs only if the extra bytes are not spaces. For hexadecimal data, this error occurs only if the extra bytes are not zeros. These extra bytes are truncated so that the data fits into the specified field.
- The value of numeric data is too large for the system field. The
maximum value is used. This error occurs when:
- Numeric data in the workstation field does not fit into the specified number of bytes for the iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 field.
- The decimal value of a numeric field contains more digits than were specified for the iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 field.
The value of the field is set to the maximum value possible for the number of bytes and digits specified by the system.
- Data in this field has too many decimal positions. The number is rounded. This occurs when the number of decimal positions in the workstation field is greater than the number of decimal positions specified on the system. The extra bytes are significant, because the data rounds up if the first extraneous digit is 5 or greater, and rounds down if it is less than 5.
- Data in this field is incorrect or does not match the workstation data type. This error occurs when nonnumeric data appears in a field defined as numeric by the file descriptions. When this occurs, the transfer request ends to prevent transferring incorrect data to the system file.
- Data for this field is missing. The default values are used. This
error occurs when a data field is defined, but the data is not in
the file. This means that the end of the file is reached before all
the defined data is found.
When this error occurs, the field or fields for which data has been defined, but not found, fill with default values and transfer to the system file. Default values are EBCDIC spaces for character fields, or zeros for numeric fields.
To supply your own default values, use the default (DFT) keyword in the DDS for the file.
When you transfer data from a DOS random file to a system file without data definitions, any data shorter than the record length defined for the system file is padded with EBCDIC spaces.
Because DOS random files have no record delimiters, this error occurs only on the last record and probably indicates that the record length of the system file does not match that of the workstation file.