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Re: Re[2]: SYSTOOLS.SPOOLED_FILE_DATA

I blame the admins who don't RTFM...

Setting the CCSID appropriately was step 2 or 3 in the "Setting up your
AS/400" back in 1996 when we got our first RISC 9402-400.

Charles

On Mon, Oct 7, 2024 at 10:22 AM Glenn Gundermann <glenn.gundermann@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

It took me 1 - 2 years to convince where I work to change it to 37. There
were no issues, as expected.
I blame the IBM business partners that don't set it properly when they
install the server.

Yours truly,

Glenn Gundermann
Email: glenn.gundermann@xxxxxxxxx
Cell: (416) 317-3144



On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 at 12:19, Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Too many people out there: "I know it breaks this function and I know it
breaks this other function and makes downloading files a nightmare but
'better the devil you know than the devil you don't'".
"If it was such a bad thing then why does IBM default it to that?" To
make
it so unbearably painful that you pick the correct one for your location,
perhaps?
Many installations have changed this system value midday during
production
and have never looked back.

Default system values for national language versions:


https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=information-default-system-values-national-language-versions

Here in the US 37 is a popular value.


https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=versions-english-uppercase-lowercase-feature-2924



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