Re: Processing Multilanguage Data with YAJL, RPG and a PF

Ok, I think I need to ask this a different way.

If I'm reading in UTF-8 data from a JSON file and the values could be any
language, what would be the proper steps for reading that data in (as raw
UTF-8, so it isn't converted to the jobs CCSID, or let it conver), the
field in the Pf that I want to store the data (defined as 1208?)

I've confirmed reading data in as 1208 raw data and storing it in a PF
field declared as 1208 seems to work. Of course it all looks like
"garbage" using query or sql.

But the issue is now a client wants to take this data and display it on a
webpage using websphere I believe. So I though, how does websphere know to
convert the data and display it properly (ie, english will be english,
Chinese, Russian, etc)? They claim it is showing up as garbage on the web
page.



On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks, Barbara. I will look into things... Thanks!

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Barbara Morris <bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On 6/10/2016 3:48 PM, Bradley Stone wrote:

Ok, so I set up the field with CCSID 1208 in the DDS. I didn't specify
the
*NORMALIZE option. From what I understand, this will fix any
non-corresponding hex values to the closest match available?
...
We shall see if this will help. But I'm wondering if there are any RPG
D-Spec keywords one can use so that when data is read in from this field
it
is automatically converted to the JOB's CCSID? Or is iConv (or another
conversion API) required?

Brad, what is your job CCSID? My understanding (and experience) is that
CCSID 1208 data (and all other alphanumeric data) is converted to the job
CCSID automatically by database unless the job CCSID is 65535. When the job
CCSID is 65535, no alphanumeric data is converted to the job CCSID.

At least, that's true when RPG opens the file prior to 7.2, and by
default from 7.2 on. Starting in 7.2, you can code DATA(*NOCVT) in your F
spec to cause the file to be opened with no conversion to the job CCSID.
You could also code OPENOPT(*NOCVTDATA) to have that be the default for all
database files.

Also in 7.2, you could code DATA(*CVT) on your F spec, and ensure the
program field matching your 1208 field is in the job CCSID. Then RPG would
do a runtime check, and if the job CCSID was 65535, it would convert the
1208 data in the buffer to your field's job CCSID.

DATA(*CVT) is the default, but RPG needs some indication in the code that
you want this new support. The old support wasn't necessarily correct, but
we know that people coded workarounds that we can't break.

As long as you code the the DATA keyword on your file, or CCSID(*EXACT)
in your H spec, or OPENOPT(*(no)CVTDATA) in your H spec, or the CCSID
keyword on that field or its externally-described data structure, RPG will
handle any necessary CCSID conversions when the record is read.

--
Barbara


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