Easytrieve load float to DB2 - S0C7 and B204 party

Incoming PS has signed decimals as 20-byte display (-123.456...). Target column is FLOAT.

Tried alpha host var, packed, numeric with MASK. Getting S0C7, B055, or B204 SQL-INVALID HOSTVAR DATATYPE depending on the attempt. Negative signs are the killer.

Anyone actually done float loads from Easytrieve?

We gave up on FLOAT from Easytrieve for messy display input. Land in DECIMAL or CHAR, then UPDATE with CAST in a SQL step. Negatives survived that path.

If you must stay in EZT, strip the sign into a flag, load absolute value, multiply by -1 in SQL.

CHAR staging table + CAST it is. Not pretty but it ships.