>I need to copy a dbf to a text file. COPY TO ...TYPE SDF works great except for one little problem, it does not zero fill numeric fields. I am creating a file for use on our main frame and it needs zero filled numerics.
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>Does anybody know of an easy solution to this problem?

You might try converting the numeric fields to character before the COPY TO (or through an SQL-SELECT)

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>Thanks.