On 7/27/07, Steve Comstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, NSYMBOL(NATIONAL) forces on DBCS; for NSYMBOL(DBCS) you > can still have, I think, DBCS or NODBCS. > > Tom Ross told me because there are a lot programs in Asia > using DBCS they wanted to support having DBCS strings > embedded in Unicode strings. > > I was never totally convinced that is a good idea, but > that's what I was told. > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc.
OK, but why should that specifically exclude the use of NSYMBOL(NATIONAL) and NODBCS together. Jim McAlpine ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

