Re: CRTPF and job CCSID

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Has this always been?  

The thing is, I'm using CPYSPLF to copy data to a PF.  Then
I'm reading it and writing it to a stream file and no
matter what code page I use it doen'st work, or it gives me
a conversion error message.  

Brad

On Fri, 26 May 2006 07:57:51 -0500
 Bruce Vining <bvining@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It does seem contradictory but the first paragraph is
> talking about 
> FILETYPEs in general, of which there are two -- *DATA and
> *SRC.  The 
> second paragraph then says *DATA can't be used which
> leaves you with *SRC. 
>  And if you play with CRTPF and FILETYPE(*SRC) you will
> find that CCSID is 
> used (and CPD7306. CPD7307 being sent in many other
> cases).
> 
> The text could be improved on...
> 
> Bruce
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> Is it just me, but does the second paragraph of the help
> for ccsid seem to 
> 
> conflict with the first paragraph?
> 
> This parameter is applicable only if no value is
> specified for the 
> Source file (SRCFILE) parameter and if a value is
> specified for the 
> Record length (RCDLEN) parameter.  If you specify a value
> other than
> the default value (*JOB) on this parameter, the SRCFILE
> parameter is
> not used, and a value must be specified for the RCDLEN
> parameter. 
>  
>     Note:  A file created with no DDS when
> FILETYPE(*DATA) is 
>     specified has a CCSID of 65535, regardless of the job
> CCSID 
>     value. 
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> I was under the impression that when you issue a CRTPF
> (no
> DDS, just specifying record length) that the CCSID of the
> file would be the job CCSID.
> 
> I have a case where a user has job ccsid and default
> ccsid
> f 935 (trad chinese).  When they issue CRTPF it creates
> the
> PF with a ccsid of 65535.
> 
> Any ideas?  I have to be missing something here.  :)
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> Brad
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