Fixed Length Records

Fixed length records are rows in a file with all rows exactly the same length. Fixed length rows are not the default in Funnel, so it is necessary to specify the –fixed # parameter. This parameter tells Funnel that the length of each row is exactly # of characters; more specifically, bytes.

Unlike variable rows that can contain only text (printable characters), fixed length rows can contain any hexadecimal values. And many typical fixed length files do contain this type of, usually numeric, data.