We send things to customers all day long. Some are quite large. I have seen 20-30 G(?i)B. They all go NDM compressed. I can't see ever file transfers being Unicode, except in special low-volume cases.
And interplatform is a pita**3. If the target doesn't have gdg's, it usually requires multiple transmission "id"s to overwriting at the other end. And of course the *&&^*&&* Cobol programmers who think LOW-VALUES (X'00') are great fill values. Ascii servers eat that up -- and forget the rest of the "line". oh that vent felt good! IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 11/29/2006 05:51:15 PM: > >Unicode conversion. IBM is big on that. > You have no choice if you're on the way to DB2V8. > It's not required, yet; it will be. > We're seriously looking at it for inter-platform file transfers. ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
