Error:  Illegal packed decimal encountered. Please check all data sources
Input File record number:  5413                                                 
ut DBPA203Q.SUPRDATA  
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The above is the message I am getting from STExport and it saves 5415 lines (one would be the header).

I know how to look for a specific record line but how do I ignore a line?

I am trying to mass extracts of data and formate them to prn using Suprtool and Stexport - I do this all the time - no problems.

However there are usually criteria for extracting the data.  This time there is no criteria, I basicially want a data dump.  Once again simple.

  {Export Data to Formated File}
exp input SEXTJ1.SUPRDATA
exp Set Ignore On
exp date mmddyyyy
exp delimiter "|"
exp heading fieldnames
exp output DBPA203Q.SUPRDATA
exp xeq

Since I want all the data in the database - someone else on the sql side is weeding out the junk - at this point I would just be happy to skip this record and continue on with the data file build.

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