Re: CCSID of rplacement data in QMHRTVM

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would experiment with the ToCcsid set to a value other than 65535. Set it
as the ccsid of the job.  65535 means "no ccsid. hex data". I would think
the api would throw an  exception if you tried to convert from something to
nothing.



On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Bob Kohlndorfer <bkohlndorfer@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Can someone help?
>
> We have been putting the joblog information of our daily backup to an
> *outfile for a few months now.
>
> We would like to retrieve certain messages that we know are problems with
> the data formatted in a readable format.
>
> I am using the QMHRTVM API to format the data but am having problems with
> CPFA09E messages. The message is that ‘Object is in use’. My problem is
> that
> the replacement data is not showing up correctly.
>
> The file that contains the joblog information has a field (QMHCID) that
> specifies the CCSID that the message replacement data is stored in.
>
> For most records the CCSID is 65535 but for the CPFA09E records the CCSID
> is
> 1200.
>
> The QMHRTVM API has a parameter to let it know what the CCSID of the
> replacement data is stored in and I pass that along from the file but it
> does not give me valid data in return.
>
>
>
> Here is how the raw Replacement data looks in SQL:
>
>   ¢                                                                     % ?
> Å
>
>
>
> And here is how it looks when ‘formatted’ by the API:
>
> Object in use.  Object is
> % ? Å.Cause . . . . . :   An operati…
>
>
>
> Here is my call to the API:
>
> * Retrieve Message API...
>
> C                   call      'QMHRTVM'
>
> C                   parm                    DsMessage
>
> C                   parm                    MsgInfoLen
>
> C                   parm                    FormatName
>
> C                   parm                    MsgID
>
> C                   parm                    MsgFileName
>
> C                   parm                    MsgDataValue
>
> C                   parm                    MsgDataLen
>
> C                   parm                    ReplSubstValue
>
> C                   parm                    RtrnFmtCtlChar
>
> C                   parm                    APIErrorDS
>
> C                   parm                    RtvOption
>
> C                   parm                    CCSIDTo
>
> C                   parm                    CCSIDFrom
>
>
>
> The CCSIDTo is always 65535, CCSIDFrom comes from the file and is normally
> 65535 but for CPFA09E messages it is 1200.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Kohlndorfer
>
>
>
>
>
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