On Mon, 8 Jun 2026 20:14:54 +0000, Robert Prins wrote:
>On Mon, 8 Jun 2026 at 15:27, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>> ...
>> Are all your data in all your data sets UTF8 or is there a mixture of
>> CCSIDs?
>>
>The data comes from a white box via FTP (or IND$FILE) and as such the
>original valid UTF-8 is translated using whatever translate table is used
...
FTP lets you control that with SBDATACONN:
<https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.2.0?topic=protocol-sbdataconn-ftp-client-server-statement>
Does IND$FILE even document what it does?
Transfer the UTF-8 file again in BINARY.
>by either, but the program uses data embedded in the original white box
>file to actually build the first FB(121) record, which looks like
>
> | B | Brussel (Metro Delta) |
> | D | Raststätte Gütersloh Süd |
> | F | Calais |
> | GB | Brentwood M25 (W) |
> | L | Aire de Capellen Nord |
> | LT | A13 exit Palanga (K) |
> | LV | exit LiepÄ ja (Bus Dienvida robeža) |
> | NL | VZP De Kroon |
> | PL | MOP Sosna |
>
That's implausible. Are the "¼" silent?
How many times has it already been stepped on?
Start over; use BINARY.
Your email headers include:
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
That's reasonable. It was probably corrupted upstream.
--
I hate EBCDIC,
gil
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