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From: Michael Peppler <mpeppler at MBAY dot NET>
Subject: Packed Fields (BCD)
Date: Sep 21 1998 5:20PM
Curtis Johnson writes:
> I realize that this question is not exactly specific to sybperl..
> but I thought there might be a few people that have run into
> this issue on this list...
>
> We have a file that has packed decimal fields (specifically,
> Driver License Number) and we need to bcp this or a
> modified file into a Sybase table.
>
> It is my understanding that packed decimal is just
> binary-coded decimal, with the last 4 bits representing the
> sign. I understand how to read and convert it (on paper...),
> but I have some 17 million rows...
>
> Are there any functions (sybase, perl, sybperl) that handle
> such conversions for me? I thought that my best bet would
> be to read the file and write a new one (with a PERL script)
> that is in standard sybchar data type format...
That's what I would do.
I haven't had to deal with BCD in a *long* time, and I don't remember
what the format looks like exactly... But I'm pretty sure that it can
be handled quite easily with pack/unpack, substr and maybe chr/ord.
Michael
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