First of all, I would like to thank everyone who responded to my
question so quickly. I haven't been able to try every idea yet since I
spent most of my day(s) in meetings, but I will.

My first path I took, I reviewed each file and noticed that some of the
files contained COMP data. I remember a while back I tried to FTP some
files, and the FTP program had no idea what to do with the file. Even
with the BINARY option, the FTP program converted the COMP characters
into whatever it felt like, or what it thought it should be. For example

**<< file on 3000 >>**
0000007000690001000000                        ADAMSMA05J001
000000001106599
              20A A 10CP197701191977011900000{000020580{
000000000{000000000{00
00000{000000000{0000000{00000{00000{0000000{00000{
0000000{000000        740000
000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{000000000000000{0000000{0{0{0000000{
0000000{00000{0000000{0000000{0000000{000000000{000000000{0000000{0000000{

00000{
  CNIYPYON    CNPYIY
0000935101257001000000                        LAWSOCO06*001
00000000NA
              20B A 10  198901011266050005000{000003145{
000003525{000000050{00
00000{000000000{0000000{00000{00000{0000000{00000{
0000000{000000        740000
000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{000000000000000{0000000{0{0{0000000{
0000050{00000{0000000{0000000{0000000{000000000{000000000{0000000{0000000{

00000{
  CNIYPYON    CNPYIY
0094183403007112000000                        SAYREAI05*200
00000000560810324809
379911125     2YA k 10  199709150000000{00000{000024917Fóˆ
000017047E000001150{
0000000{  0000000{0000000{00000{00000{1991113000000{F 0000000{000
Y      00
00000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{000000000000000{199507310C0A000000
0{0001150{00000{0000000{0000000{0000000{000000000{000000000{0000000{0000000{BANK
 ONE, AKRON, N.A.     00000{INT 13.23% FROM 5/23/95   TANEA
KILGORE

ftp> binary
200 Type set to I.
ftp> put ACT999
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for ACT999.
226 Transfer complete.
40040000 bytes sent in 55.19 seconds (708.55 Kbytes/sec)

**<< file on 9000 >>

24;1H0K0000007000690001000000                        ADAMSMA05J001
0000000011065
99
              20A A 10CP197701191977011900000{000020580{
000000000{000000000{00

00000{000000000{0000000{00000{00000{0000000{00000{
0000000{000000        740000

000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{000000000000000{0000000{0{0{0000000{

0000000{00000{0000000{0000000{0000000{000000000{000000000{0000000{0000000{


00000{

  CNIYPYON    CNPYIYON
^C
                                  Y NY00N0 N
^A/M-uM-3^B
                 0000000000
000093510125700100000

0                        LAWSOCO06*001 00000000NA
20B A 1

0  198901011266050005000{000003145{
000003525{000000050{0000000{000000000{00000

00{00000{00000{0000000{00000{  0000000{000000
740000000{0000000{0000000{0

000000{0000000{0000000{000000000000000{0000000{0{0{0000000{0000050{00000{0000000

{0000000{0000000{000000000{000000000{0000000{0000000{
0

0000{                                                        CNIYPYON
CNPYIYO

N
^C
 50          Y NY00N0 N
000000000

0
0094183403007112000000                        S

AYREAI05*200 00000000560810324809379911125     2YA k 10
199709150000000{00000{0

00024917F^AM-sM-^H  000017047E000001150{0000000{
0000000{0000000{00000{00000{19

91113000000{F 0000000{000      Y
0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{0000000{00

00000{000000000000000{199507310C0A0000000{0001150{00000{0000000{0000000{0000000{


Notice the ^H and ^A characters? I then took a look at another file and
found that there was bad data in the data base (corrupted?) that also
caused this error. For example

**<< file on the 3000 >>

BLAIRHA05*200 BLAIRCA05A202 R

ZAVADJE06*200 ADKINCH06*208 R

PADGEST07B200 CHADWDA08*201 R

DAVISBR05*227 DAVISTI05*213 R

MITCHLE08B201 MITCHDA08R202 R

RATTLAN08A201 RATTLAN08*200 R ùf

RATTLAN08A201 RATTLAN08A200 R ùf

RATTLAN08A201 RATTLTO08*200 R ùf

STEVEAL07M200 STEVEAL07*202 A 15    DI

STEVEAL07M200 STEVEEL07S200 R 15    DI

STEVEAL07M200 SUPPLWI06R202 R 15    DI

STEVEAL07M200 MYERSMA05A201 R 15    DI

STEVEAL07M200 STEVEAL07*200 A 00    CL

HERREMI07D201 HERREDA07*201 R

LOOMIST06E200 LOOMIST06*200 A 0015

HALL*DA04*241 HALL*DA04L209 A 0015


**<< dataset on the 3000 >>

NAME-KEY         =RATTLAN08A201
NAMEREL-NMKEY    =RATTLAN08*200
RELATION-TYPE    =R
GROUPING-NUMBER  =-ùf0


NAME-KEY         =RATTLAN08A201
NAMEREL-NMKEY    =RATTLAN08A200
RELATION-TYPE    =R
GROUPING-NUMBER  =-ùf0


NAME-KEY         =RATTLAN08A201
NAMEREL-NMKEY    =RATTLTO08*200
RELATION-TYPE    =R
GROUPING-NUMBER  =-ùf0

Now I can easily delete the offending characters from these 3 records,
but the other files contained 1000's of records that I would have to
search through. My question is this, is there a way to transfer a file
to a 9000 that would not convert COMP fields to something other that
what it should be?

Rick Clark
Senior Analyst
WW&R
Cleveland Ohio