Re: code page/CCSID for CPY***IMPF and STMF

When you try to copy the file back to the IFS, what are you copying from? 
DB2?  What is the CCSID and/or code page of that file?  Is that file 
externally defined, a source PF, or a file created with CRTPF RCDLEN(...)?

Rob Berendt
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code page/CCSID for CPY***IMPF and STMF






Can someone point me to a clear and concise document that explains
code page - CCSID topics and how to effectively use them when
transfering files of various CCSIDs from physicals to stream files
using the CPY***IMPF or STMF commands?

Ever since upgrading to V5R3, a ton of my CPYFRMIMPF and CPYTOIMPF
commands have broken.   I know about the PTFs, and the data area to go
back to V5R2 versions of the commands, but some things are still are
just not working right anymore, and I'm ticked off about.

in one case, i have a flat file from the bank, and it has a leading blank.

I do a cpyfrmimpf to a flat PF, using RMVBLANK(*NONE) but it still
trims the first blank of the first record before stopping the trim.

When I recieve the file from the bank, it's indeciferable when opened
in notepad, but copies up to the iseries just fine (except for the
blank described above).  But I can't copy the same file back to the
IFS.   I used to be able to do a CPYTOIMPF STMFCODPAG(*PCASCII) and I
could get an ascii readable stream file no matter the code page of the
source file - not any more.

I've done a work around for the trim, but if they fix it in a
subsequent PTF, it'll break again.

Thanks in advance,
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