Rob, I encountered this dilemma last September and decided on using Code Page 924 for this MQ-based file transfer application. My decision was based on IBMLink Item RTA0001182059. Also, I believe 924 is used by FTP, which is how I discovered that FTP could do the conversion, but MQ couldn't when it used 037.
Rob Wunderlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 02/06/2006 02:57 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Codepage 37 vs 1047 We recently converted our DB2 CCSID from 500 (a long ago default) to CP37 to fix some translation problems and prepare for DB2 V8. This was not a trival exercise. We chose CP37 and have been stanardizing our compilers, terminal emulators, etc. I'm now finding that many of our "open systems" components (java, ftp, IMS Connect) default to using Cp1047. The significant difference is that square brackets "[]" are represented by CP37 as x'BA' x'BB' and by CP1047 as x'AD' x'BD'. I'm running around changing tables and parms as things crop up. IBMLINK item BDC000027070 documents the history of the different bracket codepoints and states that "today, there is only one correct mapping, and that is the x'BA' and x'BB' mappings." The item further states "Unless you have specific requirements for 037, these days 1047 is probably the better choice as a default." (The converse of the "one correct mapping" statement). It seems that no matter which I "standarize" on, I'll wind up having to modify something from it's default. There are always a few gotchas -- how things appear in OMVS vs ISPF, for example. My question is, for those US English shops that have swam through this issue lately, which codepage did you choose to standarize on? Thanks, Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
