DataTools to Parse Legacy COBOL Data

Tue, 11 Dec 2007, 11:09am

Convert data from virtually any fixed-length legacy COBOL data file to any application, database, or other file format with the Pervasive Data Parser for Binary data.

The Data Parser for Binary supports dozens of data types including 16-bit binary, 24-bit binary, 32-bit binary, 64-bit binary, IEEE floating point, VAX floating point, Cray floating point, column binary, Comp, Comp-1, Comp-2, Comp-3, Comp-5, Comp-X, Display, Display Justified, Display Sign Leading, Display Sign Trailing, Packed Decimal, Pascal 48-bit real, Pascal string, Text, Zoned Decimal, Zoned-Leading Sign, and Zoned-Trailing Sign, and many others. So whether you have a COBOL copybook or you need to manually define the records and fields of virtually any COBOL data file, the Pervasive Data Parser for Binary can handle the job. The Data Parser from Binary supports reading data from un-structured COBOL files and provides a graphical interface in which you can manually define the data records and data fields or apply an external dictionary file.

Export the unpacked data to a CSV Text file that can be imported into virtually any application or database. Or use one of the Pervasive DataTools UpLoaders to further map, manipulate, clean, and convert the CSV data to any one of dozens of formats to which the DataTools offer direct connection or connectivity via ODBC.

The Data Parser for Binary is available FREE for a limited time. Simply register on the Pervasive DataTools web site, download the Data Parser for Binary and start converting your data today!

- The Pervasive DataTools Team