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Yes, UCS-2 has CCSID 13488 and another one unique to AS/400, not sure of that identifier now. Best, Bernd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Richter" <srichter@AutoCoder.com> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: Re: dbcs vs unicode > does the as400 support unicode as one of its character sets? > > thanks, > Steve Richter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernd Schaefers <bschaefers@gmx.net> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> > Date: Thursday, August 09, 2001 12:36 PM > Subject: Re: dbcs vs unicode > > > >Hi, > >As metioned earlier in the thread we have a separate DBCS system for > Chinese > >users. The developers certainly regretted that they did not start the whole > >application based on Unicode. Of course at the time they did not know they > >would serve China, etc., but it would have made things a lot easier. Also, > >I don't think that Unicode on the 400 was of much use at the time they > >wrote the applications from scratch, but today you should really consider > >Unicode if you're thinking internationally. I believe there are still > >restrictions though, so check. > > > >Best, > >Bernd > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John Earl" <johnearl@powertechgroup.com> > >To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> > >Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 4:43 AM > >Subject: Re: dbcs vs unicode > > > > > >> Steve, > >> > >> > The primary question though is dbcs support of the as400. Is it a > >> dead end? > >> > >> I was reading through old emails and fond this question - just have to > >> respond. DBCS support in OS/400 a dead end? Not likely. IBM has a > >> very nice market presence in Asia, and unless someone convinces the > >> Japanese and Chinese to junk their 1000's year old character sets for > >> Latin letters, I think DBCS support has a very secure future. ;^) > >> > >> jte > >> > >> +--- > >> | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > >> | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > >> | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > >> | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > >MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > >> | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > >david@midrange.com > >> +--- > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >+--- > >| This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > >| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > >| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > >| To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > >| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > >+--- > > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- > +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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