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Subject: dbcs vs unicode
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Date: Fri, 10 Aug 01 12:27:39 CDT
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The other CCSID is 61952.  The difference between the two is 61952
represents the encoding of Unicode Version 1 while 13488 is Unicode
Version 2 and later.

Because the AS/400 implemented UCS-2 in production mode long before
most other products, AS/400 got caught in the incompatible changes
introduced with Unicode Version 2 and so needed 61952 in order to
recognize data stored in the previous versions.

Everyone should be using 13488 these days...

Bruce

>
>Yes, UCS-2 has CCSID 13488 and another one unique to AS/400, not sure of
>that identifier now.
>

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