Coded character set identifier with DDM

 

Support for the national language of any country requires the proper handling of a set of characters.

A cross-system support for the management of character information is provided with the Character Data Representation Architecture (CDRA). CDRA defines the coded character set identifier (CCSID) values to identify the code points used to represent characters, and to convert these codes (character data), as needed to preserve their meanings.

Keep these considerations in mind when you are using CCSIDs with DDM:

• Data is converted to the process CCSID of the source job if both the source and target servers support CCSIDs.

• Data is not converted if one server is an iSeries™ server that supports CCSIDs and the other server is any other server that does not support CCSIDs.

• A file created on an iSeries target server by any source server that does not support CCSIDs is always created with CCSID 65535.

• The SBMRMTCMD (Submit Remote Command) command can be used to change the file CCSID on an iSeries target server by specifying the CHGPF (Change Physical File) command and the CCSID parameter.

 

Parent topic:

Other DDM-related functions involving remote files