Re: how to use CCSID info to get corresponding data as normal text? -- MIDRANGE-L

I am given with the following information:
- Field length, Binary(4)
- Field CCSID, Binary(5)
- Field Data, char(100)


There's no such data type as BINARY(5).  Someone is very confused.

The above field data is encoded using CCSID given by Field CCSID. How doI get corresponding data in normal English form? Any pointers to APIswould be greatly appreciated.

What do you consider to be "normal" English form? What form is the datain now? (Note that CCSID only specifies a character set, not a language.)

Similarly, I am given with another set of information:
- Field length, Binary(4)
- Field CCSID, Binary(5)
- Field Country or Region ID, char(2)
- Field Language ID, char(3)
- Field Data, char(100)
In the above information, Region ID and Language ID are also given, howare these to be used to convert the Field data into a usable form?

Again, you have BINARY(5) which doesn't exist. (It has to be 2, 4 or 8)Where is the data now? What format is it currently in? Does the softwarethat's passing you the above fiedls have a facility for character settranslation, or do you have to do this manually?

If you're talking about info retrieved from an IBM API, please tell uswhich API. They're all different, and I'd rather not take a blind guess atwhat youi mean.

What would happen if I just use the CCSID, length, data portion and theAPI for the first scenario ignoring the Region ID and Language ID?

CCSID is just a character set. It's a set of letters, numbers and othersymbols that can be displayed on a screen. It does not tell you whichlanguage the text is in.

The Region ID and Language ID tell you the language that the data is in,as well as which region it's intended for.