ASC,BIN and DAT

Former Member — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:35:29 GMT

What is the diff between ASC,BIN and DAT?

Re: ASC,BIN and DAT

Former Member — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:38:52 GMT

'ASC' :

ASCII format. The table is transferred as text. The conversion exits are

carried out. The output format additionally depends on the parameters

CODEPAGE, TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS, and TRUNC_TRAILING_BLANKS_EOL.

'BIN' :

Binary format. The data is transferred in binary format. There is no

formatting and no codepage conversion. The data is interpreted row by

row and not formatted in columns. Specify the length of the data in

parameter BIN_FILESIZE. The table should consist of a column of type X,

because especially in Unicode systems the conversion of structured data

into binary data leads to errors.

'DAT' :

Column-by-column transfer. With this format, the data is transferred as

with ASC text. However, no conversion exists are carried out and the

columns are separated by tab characters. This format creates files that

can be uploaded again with gui_upload or ws_upload.