Ken Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:<[log in to unmask]>...
> From: "Braun Brelin" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> > Oops, that's supposed to be a "4", not an 8.  basically, the keys are
>  usually
> > 7 digits long (like 1951423).  I'm unsure if I'm supposed to add in the
>  "01" or
> > not, so, I've tried it both ways, neither of which works...
> >
> > Braun Brelin
>
> Your saying "4", not 8, above confuses me...  I'm not sure what it refers
> to.
>
> From your initial message I understood that the key is 8 bytes long, the
> first byte is ascii "0" (hex 30, decimal 48), the second byte is "1" (hex
> 31, decimal 49), followed by 6 bytes encoding a 12-digit decimal number in
> unsigned packed decimal format.
>
> If you're not sure, you can check the data that is currently in the
> database.  E.g., in SUPRTOOL you can do a LIST HEX.  I'm not sure if you can
> do that in QUIZ, but you can save a record in a file using QUIZ, then do an
> FCOPY IN=file;OUT=;HEX to see the bytes.
>
> If I understand correctly, then this code will work:
>
>
> sub packdec {
>     my ($item, $length) = @_;
>     $item = ('0' x ($length - length($item))).$item;
>     return pack("H$length",$item);
> }
>
> my $key = "01" . packdec(1951423, 12);
>
>
> This will produce an eight byte string, where the bytes written out in hex
> are:
> 30 31 00 00 01 95 14 23
>
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Well, I don't have any clue on Perl - but if you want to extract &
transfer unpacked data.. you can use DEFINE the packed in SUPRTOOL
appropriately and then use OUTPUT <filename>, ASCII  or OUTPUT
<filename>, DISPLAY to get the full key...

Roshan

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