Re: codepages

In general character based system values are stored and retrieved as raw
hex/byte data so you do not need to be concerned with codepages.

There is however one exception - QLOCALE.  If the value for QLOCALE is not
one of the special values then it is converted to your job CCSID when you
retrieve the value (and likewise stored in a normalized form based on your
job CCSID when you update the system value).  This can cause different
codepoints assignments for variant data and even character rearrangement if
the QLOCALE path value contains bidirectional data (that is different
character sequences may be used based on whether or not your job CCSID is
bidirectional logical, bidirectional visual, or not bidirectional).  When
working with QLOCALE you will want to make sure you maintain a consistent
job CCSID environment for your hashing operations.

Bruce Vining



                                                                           
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I'm confused about how/whether codepages affect me.

If I retrieve a character system value like QSTRUPPGM, is the sequence of
bytes I receive dependent on locale settings? That is, will all the
ordinal character values, ie, x'F0', be the same? It's a strange question,
but matters if you run data like this through hash functions. The hash
function cares only about byte values. Thanks in advance.
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