Cobol and MS Access- Packed decimal 1

[Daugharthy]

I am working with an Access database that needs to be accessed by a cobol program. So far we seem to be doing ok with setting up the Access fields so that Cobol will be able to read them. Our problem now is how to handle the Packed decimal fields that are defined in Cobol in an Access table. Any suggestions?

 

[tomavery]

I have to do things somewhat like this to VFP. Our general rule for this and any PC transactions is unpack before it leaves the mainframe, and repack on arrival.
I know this isnt much help but we dont even fool with them because of the ebcdic translation problems.
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