RE: character encoding

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On your AS/400 if you WRKSYSVAL QCURSYM (Currency Symbol) you should
see that it is set for £.  So when the AS/400 sees the $ character, it
translates it to £.

Your PC, on the other hand, is not doing any translation of the $ to £.

I don't' think there's a work around.  $ and £ on the AS/400 seem to be
the same character.

Regards,

Jim Langston

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick.F.O'Dowd@gsk.com [mailto:Patrick.F.O'Dowd@gsk.com]

Hi,
I have a java program running on an AS400 that writes transactions to an
MQSeries queue. The queue is on an NT machine. When I retrieve the message
from the queue on NT, I am finding some characters are converted
incorrectly e.g. the £ sign sent from the as400 ends up as a $ dollar sign
on NT.

When I FTP between the AS400 and the PC, I get the same problems.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Note - I need a programmable solution if possible as I cant change system
values etc.. (due to a large number of applications that could potentially
be impacted on production machines...)