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----- Original Message ----- From: "Raikov, Lo" <Lo.Raikov@MISYS.COM> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:25 AM Subject: RE: How to display German "extra" characters > I'm sorry to pop in like that, but the message quoted is not quite correct > on several accounts. > > First of all, translation tables in QUSRSYS are used only for CHRID > character conversion (I forget now what parts of OS make use of them - > pre-version 3? one of them was OV/400, now extinct). Most of the CCSID-based > character conversion makes use of core translation tables one cannot modify. > Second, ODBC is usually CCSID-aware. Please refer to CA/400 documentation > for details. Third, Unicode is now supported by AS/400 (Oops! iSeries > eServer 400? eSeries iServer 400? never mind), so you can actually choose > whether to store your data in Unicode, DBCS code pages (IBM double-byte > coding scheme) or SBCS (single-byte coding scheme). > > I suggest you browse the following manuals (both available on I-net): > > AS/400 International Application Development > AS/400 National Language Support > > > Lo > > >Michael, > >Welcome to the brain-bending world of NLS! Firstly, you should keep the > >system code page as US (037) if you are in the US. The AS/400 translates > the > >characters according to the code page tables in QUSRSYS (for example > >Q857A7AA3S is Windows 857 to Turkish 1026). Sometimes you have to modify > > etc. > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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