Coded character sets

 

WebSphere MQ products support the coded character sets that are provided by the underlying operating system.

When you create a queue manager, the queue manager coded character set ID (CCSID) used is based on that of the underlying environment. If this is a mixed code page, WebSphere MQ uses the SBCS part of the mixed code page as the queue manager CCSID.

For general data conversion, if the underlying operating system supports DBCS code pages, WebSphere MQ can use it.

See the documentation for your operating system for details of the coded character sets that it supports.

You need to consider application data conversion, format names, and user exits when writing applications that span multiple platforms. For details of the MQGET call, the Convert characters call, the MQGMO_CONVERT option, and the built-in formats, see the Application Programming Reference. See Writing data-conversion exits for information about invoking and writing data-conversion exits.

 

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Application data conversion

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