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FORMAT

Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only.

Specifies the file type you are exporting to. The syntax is:

FORMAT = target-file-type;

where target-file-type is one of the following options:

Target File Type Used For
FIXASC Fixed-format ASCII files
FREASC Free format ASCII files
DSNTIAUL IBM DSNTIAUL files
SQL SQL statements

This statement is required for each Batch Export transaction.

For example:

FORMAT = fixasc;

sets the export file type to fixed-format ASCII.

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