On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:27 AM, Lloyd Fuller <leful...@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> UNICODE does, but not necessarily subsets of the full UNICODE. UTF-8 is a > subset and UTF-16 is a subset. I am not sure about UTF-32. > > So It does not surprise me that UTF-8 does not have the Hebrew alphabet. I > believe (without checking the actual UNICODE description) that UTF-8 is > primarily the Latin character and its derivatives (i.e. the umlaut > characters > and the accent characters). I think that you have to go to UTF-16 to get > the > Hebrew, Cyrillic and Arabic characters. I think that UTF-16 also includes > most > of the common Chinese and Japanese characters, but to get the full set you > need > UTF-32. > > UTF-8 is a variable length encoding. It can be 1 to 6 bytes in length. It fully support Hebrew and many other non-Romance based character sets. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8 for an overview. See > Lloyd > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Steve Comstock <st...@trainersfriend.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Sent: Mon, March 26, 2012 9:18:17 AM > Subject: Re: z/OS ftp and Unicode > > On 3/26/2012 7:12 AM, McKown, John wrote: > > I don't know if this will help, but I did the following (but I don't have > >anything actually in IBM-424) > > > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > > >> ftp lih1 > > Connected to lih1.uicnrh.dom. > > 220-FTP 08:07:14 on 2012-03-26. > > 220-This is HealthMarkets. > > 220-Unauthorized access is strictly prohibited. > > 220 Connection will close if idle for more than 50 minutes. > > User (lih1.uicnrh.dom:(none)): tsh009 > > 331 Send password please. > > Password: > > 230-You have successfully logged on to the LIH1 ftp server. > > 230 TSH009 is logged on. Working directory is "TSH009.". > > ftp> quote site sbdataconn=(IBM-424,UTF-8) > > 200-Some characters cannot be translated between UTF-8 and IBM-424 > > Whoa! That's startling. I thought Unicode encompassed all the > world's character sets; how can a character not translate? > > > > 200 SITE command was accepted > > ftp> cd /home/tsh009 > > 250 HFS directory /home/tsh009 is the current working directory > > ftp> get crontab.txt > > 200 Port request OK. > > 125-Tagged EBCDIC file translated with table built using file system > >cp=IBM-1047 > > , network transfer cp=UTF-8 > > 125 Sending data set /home/tsh009/crontab.txt > > 250 Transfer completed successfully. > > ftp: 40 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 40000.00Kbytes/sec. > > ftp> > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets® > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone • > > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com • www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > >proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact > >the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > >HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by > the > >insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life > Insurance > >Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The > MEGA > >Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > >> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of ??? ?? ??? > >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:23 AM > >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > >> Subject: Re: z/OS ftp and Unicode > >> > >> I'm not sure what you mean buy CCSID, but the data is encoded > >> in IBM-424 EBCDIC - Hebrew New Code. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > >> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John > >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 2:20 PM > >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > >> Subject: Re: z/OS ftp and Unicode > >> > >> What is CCSID of the data on z/OS? By Unicode, do you mean > >> UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32 on Windows? The basic command is the > >> SBDATACONN > >> > >> http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a > >> 1b4b0/18.109 > >> > >> -- > >> John McKown > >> Systems Engineer IV > >> IT > >> > >> Administrative Services Group > >> > >> HealthMarkets® > >> > >> 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 > >> (817) 255-3225 phone • > >> john.mck...@healthmarkets.com • www.HealthMarkets.com > >> > >> > >> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain > >> confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the > >> intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail > >> and destroy all copies of the original message. > >> HealthMarkets® is the brand name for products underwritten > >> and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, > >> Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West > >> National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA > >> Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > >> > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > >>> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of ??? ?? ??? > >>> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:49 AM > >>> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > >>> Subject: z/OS ftp and Unicode > >>> > >>> Can anyone show me how to transfer a file from z/OS to > >>> windows using the windows ftp client so that the resulting > >>> file on windows is Unicode. > >>> > >>> The source file on z/OS will be EBCDIC. > >>> > >>> We are using z/OS v1.11. > >>> > >>> Unicode services are enabled on z/OS. > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Gadi > >>> > > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > 303-355-2752 > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! > + Training your people is an excellent investment > > * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment > for training dollars at > http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
