Converting string data(which contains EBCDIC, Packed decimal and Endian data) to byte array
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Hi, I need to convert string which has EBCDIC, packed decimal and Endian data to byteArray to save it in the database. I tried the following code. Byte[] updateByte; updateByte = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(strData); //here, strData is the string Here what happens is it converts some characters to '?' with decimal value 63. For e.g. abc(ASCII vale) after converting to EBCDIC i get [129 130 131](these are decimal values of the converted EBCDIC data). When i convert the string to byte array in order to save it in database, it changes all three characters(129, 130 and 131) to 63. This mostly happens with small case alpbhbets. I also tried other encoding(EBCDIC-US) but this also changes more characters. IMP: Please note that the string that i need to convert to byte array contains EBCDIC, Packed decimal and Also Endian data. Kindly let me know how i can achieve this. Thanks, Deepa
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Hi, I need to convert string which has EBCDIC, packed decimal and Endian data to byteArray to save it in the database. I tried the following code. Byte[] updateByte; updateByte = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(strData); //here, strData is the string Here what happens is it converts some characters to '?' with decimal value 63. For e.g. abc(ASCII vale) after converting to EBCDIC i get [129 130 131](these are decimal values of the converted EBCDIC data). When i convert the string to byte array in order to save it in database, it changes all three characters(129, 130 and 131) to 63. This mostly happens with small case alpbhbets. I also tried other encoding(EBCDIC-US) but this also changes more characters. IMP: Please note that the string that i need to convert to byte array contains EBCDIC, Packed decimal and Also Endian data. Kindly let me know how i can achieve this. Thanks, Deepa
Hi, that doesn't make much sense. 1. in .NET a sttring consists of Unicode characters, nothing else. 2. in a database, data is stored in fields, having some type, such as NVARCHAR. 3. "packed decimal" needs details 4. AFAIK "Endian data" does not exist; multi-byte data (such as int or float) can be stored in big-endian or little-endian mode, where one is "natural" on a given system and the other isn't. I suggest you provide: 1. a better explanation of what it is you want 2. two examples with available input data, and the corresponding output data you hope to get (use either all decimal, or better yet all hexadecimal). :)
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