RE: orders from web - names

Correct.  If you're getting orders from the web names may very well 
contain characters outside of the simple a-z.  To do monocasing correctly 
one really should use APIs such as QlgConvertCase (which has been 
discussed here in the past). 

And ignoring the case example, web applications really should not assume 
English as being the norm for names, addresses, and the like.  Customer 
satisfaction is never high if the seller mangles the customers name to 
some "random" garbage when printing because their accented name printed as 
a punctuation mark, a different accented character, etc. 

Bruce Vining




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As I recall from the posts I read, %XLATE doesn't play well with different
CCSID values.  I can't remember the exact problems or whether one is 
likely
to encounter them.

Donald R. Fisher, III
Project Manager
Roomstore Furniture Company
(804) 784-7600 extension 2124
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no need to use an API, there is a BIF  %xlate.
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