On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 08:03:45 +0200, ITschak Mugzach wrote:
>Merry Christmas!
>
>A rexx exec running under z/os 2.1 is using sockets to send data to a
>windows server. I am calling SO_ASCII, get return code zero, but the name
>of the translation table is missing. the only translation table defined is
>TCPIP.STANDARD.TCPXLBIN. I noticed that the double quotation mark (") is
>not translated well. I looked at the second row in the translation table at
>offset x'7b' and x'7d' and it look like there is an offset of few bytes
>there.
>
What protocol are you using?
What code page(s) are you using?
>I also noticed that when I print the packet before send, it prints the
>character ":" instead of the double quotation mark (but ISPF shows it
>right).
>
Is ":" TSO's behavior for an unrecognized code point?
>what amazed me is that it worked well last time I looked into it. Any idea
>why this happens first it TSO vs ISPF and second while translating using
>SO_ASCII.
>
ISPF may be aware of terminal code page; TSO may not.
Do you need SO_ASCII to convert commands? You might have better control
to convert the data with iconv and switch back to binary to transmit the data.
-- gil
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