Re: TCPIP Translation Tables

[Bruce Vining <bvining@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I would recommend not using tables period.  I would base my conversions on
CCSIDs using APIs such as iconv().  If you look at TCP configuration
commands such as chgftpa, chgtelna, chgsmtpa, etc. you will notice that IBM
commands, while supporting tables for compatibility, default to using
CCSIDs.

ASCII is like EBCDIC in that there are many, many different ways to encode
a given character...



                                                                           
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I've been using QTCPEBC and QTCPASC for conversion tables
with TCPIP (sockets) applications.

I did some testing today and noticed some characters are
not converted correctly.

à = Ã
à = â
à = Â

I'm sure there are others.  Are there different tables to
be used for different character sets/languages for TCPIP?

I tested this with an email sockets program and it
converted wrong.  I tested with the IBM SMTP server and it
converted things correctly.  So I am assuming there is
another table that I should be using that IBM doesn't let
us know about? :)

Thanks!
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