HP Neoview Release 2.3 Software - Manual (Page 29)

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Typeformats
The typeformats section defines various formats in which to represent data types.
typeformats
{
format_definition [, format_definition ]...
}
format-definition:
formatname datatype formatstring
format-definition
One or more occurrences of format-definition, separated by a comma (,). The last
format-definition
should not use the comma separator.
formatname
The name you choose for this typeformat. It must be unique among existing typeformats.
formatname
is case-insensitive and cannot exceed 64 bytes.
datatype
A supported data type. See “Supported Data Types” (page 45) for a list of supported data
types.
formatstring
Defines the pattern for this field. For a load operation, formatstring tells Transporter how
to interpret source file values. For an extract operation, formatstring tells Transporter
how to write target file values.
•
Character data types
Specify “default”. It is the only format supported.
• Integral data types
— decimal — values are interpreted as decimal values with an optional leading sign
character
— octal — values are interpreted as octal values with an optional leading sign character.
For numeric and decimal data types, a period can be used to separate the integral
portion of the value from the fractional portion. For example, the value 10.5 can be
represented in octal as “12.4”.
— hex — values are interpreted as hexadecimal values with an optional leading sign
character.
For numeric and decimal data types, a period can be used to separate the integral
portion of the value from the fractional portion. For example, the value -10.5 can be
represented in hexadecimal as “-A.8”.
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