Re: Jobs that use 65535 CCSID... Why?

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

It was the default for all AS/400's originally...

If you followed the system install guide, one of the first steps was to set
QCCSID properly.

Now IBM ships QCCSID set according to the primary language installed.

But for those who have migrated through the ages...

Charles

On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 7:21 AM Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In another thread on the RPG list the job CCSID of  65535 came up.  Niels
> called it the "no translation" CCSID.
>
> It made me think of a question I've been wondering about for a while.  Why
> is this CCSID used?  I've never seen it do anything but cause translation
> errors when working with stream files or sockets.
>
> Should this CCSID be treated differently than others when working with
> translations?  Or would it make sense to have the user set their job's
> CCSID to something more "meaningful"?
>
> I see it used more and more... what is the purpose of this, and why does it
> seem to almost be a default on some systems (mostly non US from what I
> see).
>
> Bradley V. Stone
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