Pading char

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devanars
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Pading char

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we are not able to read souce file(.csv) with sequential file beacuse the source file has pading char. any advise to read the source file even it has pading char.

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Re: Pading char

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can you be more specific..about your files?? what is the problem reading the files using sequentail files??
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Re: Pading char

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Reading .csv files using sequential file stage. source file has few pading char..if we remove those pading char in the source then we are able to read that file. now we are required to read source file even it has pading char.

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Re: Pading char

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you can mention padchar in the FORMAT tab under TYPEDEFAULTS->GENERAL section...
you should be able to accomodate reading the file with padchar..
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