RE: Character conversion between CCSID 1200 and CCSID 65535 not valid. -- RPG400-L

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Subject: RE: Character conversion between CCSID 1200 and CCSID 65535 not valid.
From: Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 17:55:37 +0000
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That worked:
select coalesce(COLUMN_TEXT, COLUMN_HEADING, cast('' as char(1) ccsid 37)) as COLUMN_TEXT

But I'd really like to know why it's defaulting to 65535.

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From: Jack Kingsley [mailto:iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 4:48 AM
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Subject: Re: Character conversion between CCSID 1200 and CCSID 65535 not valid.

Justin, from this example try and code it.

SELECT emidnm, emfnam, CAST(emlnam AS CHAR(20) CCSID 37)

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