Hi Craig, Assuming UniVerse NLS on, and that you mean double-byte in the external characterset, I would use BYTELEN( OCONV( mychar, "NLS":mapname) )
Regards - Chris Thornton _____________________________________________ Chris Thornton DataStage development engineer Craig Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20/12/2007 23:26 Please respond to u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org cc Subject Re: [U2] Determining double-byte status of a character Bob, can you use the UNISEQ function? or failing that BYTEVAL (testing for the multibyte character start byte)? Craig ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/