Re: Can CCSID cause this? -- MIDRANGE-L

Jeff - I asked this question on the list "before" making the CCSID
change (about 8 months ago). I couldn't get a comfortable answer, so
I never made the change. Several people commented that CGIDEV2 ran fine
without
the change. We have had no problems either. My understanding is
there are some "odd" characters that if appeared in the url may cause a
conversion problem. Perhaps G. Perotti or M. Rothman will comment on this.
jim franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Vining" <bvining@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: Can CCSID cause this?


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> Changing QCCSID from 65535 to a non-65535 value can have impacts to a
> system depending on how applications/databases on the system are set up.
>
> As an example, since most jobs on the system grab their job CCSID from
this
> system value you may have inadvertently turned on CCSID conversion
> processing when accessing your database files (which may cause problems if
> you're really trying to treat the FTP data as hex but don't have it tagged
> as such though this is just a guess).  Making this type of change usually
> takes some upfront analysis of your system.
>
> Bruce
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> Yesterday I downloaded the CGIDEV2 from IBM and installed it this
> morning.  As part of the install it said the system value QCCSID could
> not be 65535 or it wouldn't work.  The README said "No impact to
> existing production."  Ours was 65535 so I changed it to 37 and
> restarted the HTTP server per the instructions.  (We have no web site.)
>
> About that same time orders that are transmitted from our salespeople
> stopped being processed properly.  What is supposed to happen is the
> order is FTPed from a W2K Server PC to the iSeries, a REXEC is fired off
> to process the order, and the results are FTPed back to the W2K Server.
> What actually happened is the order would be FTPed to the iSeries and
> not processed.  It's as if the REXEC was never fired.  But the job
> _must_ have been fired because there are begin/end entries in the system
> log, but no job log.  And I could fire them off manually at the command
> line and they would be processed.
>
> Finally I just ended the HTTP server, changed the CCSID back to 65535,
> and rebooted the W2K Server.  After that, now all is well.
>
> Could my changing the CCSID have caused this?  It sure seems like more
> than coincidence, but I need smarter brains than mine to figure it out.
>
> I will be out this afternoon, but checking email throughout the weekend.
>   Thanks.
>
> --
> Jeff Crosby
> Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
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> the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.
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