Re: Converting EBCDIC to ASCII

Thanks for the info. The Oracle DB will be on W/2000.

Ken Janusz, CPIM
> If you "export" the IMS data out to flat textfiles,
> and then transfer them via ftp in "ASCII" mode, the
> conversion will be done automagically for you.
>
> Alternatively if on Unix the "dd" utility will
> do the conversion for you.
>
> HTH & YMMV!
>
> kjanusz_at_att.net wrote:
> >
> > I may be moving data from an IMS db which is stored in
> > EBCDIC. Oracle stores data in ASCII format. How do I
> > go about converting EBCDIC to ASCII to store the data in
> > Oracle (8.1.?)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Janusz, CPIM
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