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Is there a way to read a variable length file with EC Map?
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Daren,
I don't know if this will help, but the ECMap User Reference on Import Definition (Chapter 9 in my version) indicates you can bring in the definition of a "delimited "file. That would allow for fields to fluctuate in size or be absent entirely. You might want to ask administration if they could produce the variable file as a delimited file; you would still need to know the maximum length of each field as well as the delimiter used.
I wish I could be of more help, but this is something I've never done, so all I can go by is what it says in the manual.
I don't know if this will help, but the ECMap User Reference on Import Definition (Chapter 9 in my version) indicates you can bring in the definition of a "delimited "file. That would allow for fields to fluctuate in size or be absent entirely. You might want to ask administration if they could produce the variable file as a delimited file; you would still need to know the maximum length of each field as well as the delimiter used.
I wish I could be of more help, but this is something I've never done, so all I can go by is what it says in the manual.
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