IBM i- parse data from IFS text file into a IBM i db2 table?

Question

Is it possible to parse data from IFS text file into a db2 table? Examples I see use a field in a DB2 table. In the following example, we use field JDATA from table MYLIB.DATA_IN.

INSERT INTO MYLIB.MYTABLE (  value  )
   SELECT value
    FROM MYLIB.DATA_IN, 
    JSON_TABLE (JDATA,'$.meetings[*]'
    COLUMNS (
        value varchar ( 100 ) PATH '$.value'
    )
)

Answer 1

It depends on the format of the text in the IFS file. If you have fixed columns, or delimiter separated values, CPYFRMIMPF will do the trick. If you have a big block of unformatted text that you want to load into a single field database file, CPYFRMSTMF will work. If you have XML or JSON, or HTML, or something else that you want to parse, you will need to do it a different way.

So short answer is YES. No long answer possible without more information.