Re: using *PCASCII and *STDASCII

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Rod,

You wrote:
>Does anyone know how to take any AS/400 CCSID and determine the
>equivalent PC Code page as IBM does in the parameter values *PCASCII and
>*STDASCII?  I know the values when using US CCSID 037 but the rest . . .?

There is a CDRA API called Get Related Default CCSID described in the
National Language APIs which will return the CCSID for a given CCSID and
Encoding Scheme (ES).  The tricky part is determining the ES.  The ES is
described in the Character Data Representation Architecture Reference and
Registry (SC09-2190) which you will need if you intend to do much with NLS
APIs.  When I got mine it was only available in hardcopy.  I haven't seen
it on softcopy (other than the CD that come with the book).  You can
borrow my copy if you wish.

For your requirements you could simply use an ES of x'4105' for *PCASCII
and x'2100' for *STDASCII since you are likely to be using SBCS data only.

        x'4105' is ISO 8 (ASCII Code), SBCS
        x'2100' is IBM-PC Data, SBCS

There are two versions of this API on the AS/400.  The 'official' CDRA one
is called CDRGRDC and is in QSYS2.  The other is QTQGRDC and is in QSYS.
Other than the name differences they are identical.  I use the QTQGRDC API
because it will be on all systems.  The CDRGRDC API is only present if
BOSS option 1 (Extended Base Support) is installed -- although I haven't
seen a system that did not have that installed.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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