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This is a brand new machine (well, relatively new) and it shipped with CCSID
65535.  Am I reading you correctly that you suggest never USING 65535, and
instead setting it to a valid value (such as 37)?

jOE

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Coulter
>
> >But when I create a data file on my machine, I end up with a
> default CCSID
> >of 37.
> >Not sure why.
>
> The 37 comes from the default CCSID of your job and is used because you
> have 65535 as your system default.  That is such a dumb idea because it
> causes major problems with SQL and remote database access.  That's why IBM
> came up with a default job CCSID.  It is set based on the job's
> language ID
> and is used when a CCSID is needed and the system knows 65535 is silly.
> The National Language Support manuals contain more than you'll
> ever want to
> know about this stuff.
>
> I can't remember if IBM ship QCCSID with 65535 or if that only happens if
> you slip install a release that already has 65535.  Bruce Vining knows
> about this stuff and may provide more details.



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