Change data type

Hi expert.. I have one flat file from here i am locating Gross weight value.. moving it to the text field.. after doing some calculations i want insert this value into ztable.. but in ztable the data type is QUAN.. but in report I was reading from flat file as a text.. while uploading the data it shows me runtime error... Please Help me...

Hi ruchit,
Since the table with which you are deaking is a ztable,
find out two things when you post your clarification next time.
1) Do you have an access to change the DE of the field in the ztable
2) Do you know perfectly whether the data from the text file will always be in the same format
Revert
Thanks and Regards
Srikanth.P

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Hi Raman,
Thank you for your answer.
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