Re: AW: Accessing data type 'G' in RPG ???

Thanks Birgitta & all you guys who responded,

Fortunately we use only English & no DBCS characters. Hopefully I do not
have to make too many changes to our already existing interfaces.

Thanks again for responding.
Ewart



"Birgitta Hauser"

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"Birgitta Hauser" <Hauser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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Date:
11/28/2009 02:34 PM


Subject:
AW: Accessing data type 'G' in RPG ???



Hi,

it depends on the CCSID used for the column/field.

Depending on the CCSID you have to use either the data type C (Unicode
CCSID
13488 or 1200) or G (Graphic all other DBCS CCSIDs) within RPG. For
Graphic
you need to specify the CCSID either in the H-Specs keyword CCSID or in
the
D-Specs when defining your fields. To convert character data (data type A)
or strings into the DBCS data type you need either the built-in-function
%UCS2 (for data type C) or %GRAPH (for data type G). To convert these DBCS
data into character data (data type A), you need the built-in-functions
%CHAR.

AFAIK those conversation rules will be relaxed with release 6.1.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Birgitta Hauser

"Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." (Les
Brown)
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." (Derek Bok)
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Betreff: Accessing data type 'G' in RPG ???

Hi all,

We have just installed JDEdwards E1. I found that the iSeries data files
have fields with data type 'G' i.e Graphic. Any suggestions as to what
needs to be considered in order to populate these files from our home
grown conventional ERP system i.e. data types S, P, A, etc.

Thanks & best regards
Ewart
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