Re: Converting EBCDIC to ASCII

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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