RE: Issues with code page conversion..grateful for any help

Hi,

The original file hast CCSID 273

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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Gross <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2026 14:49
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: scourtney@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Issues with code page conversion..grateful for any help

Hi Sean,

is the original data in the correct CCSID?

I would give it a try

dcl-s origVal varchar(100) ccsid(870) inz('Zakład');
dcl-s utf8Val varchar(100) ccsid(*utf8) inz;

utf8Val = origVal;
origVal = utf8Val;

And debug this step by step. What is in those 2 strings? Are the values correct?

In the next step, try to write origVal to a test-file with IFS_WRITE_UTF8 - and compare.

If the CCSIDs are correct, you shouldn't have problems with UTF8 and other CCSIDs.

HTH
Daniel

P.S.: can you post the hex values of the original value (in CCSID 870) and the UTF8 value please?

Am 31.03.2026 um 14:34 schrieb scourtney@xxxxxxxxxxx:

Hi Daniel,

Firstly, thank you for your reply ...

That is what I thought as well but it does not seem to be so simple...

If I look at the data with ccsid 273 I get this "Zakªad" and with ccsid 870 I get 'Zakład'

If I write the data to UFT-8 File with ccsid 1208 I get the wrong output.

How do I get the correct value to my output file... Ideas appreciated.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards / Bien à vous,

Seán




-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Daniel Gross
Sent: Monday, 30 March 2026 19:46
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Issues with code page conversion..grateful for any help

Hi Sean,

with UTF-8 there is no such thing as a codepage anymore - because UTF-8 is short for "Unicode Transfer Format 8 Bit" - so this is full Unicode.

If you want your file to be written with a specific CCSID, you have to use QSYS2.IFS_WRITE with the FILE_CCSID parameter.

You can also use this function for UTF-8 - that would be FILE_CCSID=>1208 then - as CCSID 1208 would be UTF-8.

HTH
Daniel

Am 30.03.2026 um 19:01 schrieb scourtney@xxxxxxxxxxx:

Hello all,



I am using “QSYS2.IFS_WRITE_UTF8” to generate a UTF8 Output file.



So far so good … I have data with Polish special characters that must
be sent with correct CCSID (870)



I use



EXEC SQL SET :chr870 = CAST(:myData AS CHAR(100) CCSID 870) to convert my data to CCSID 870 but when I write

To my output file the special characters are not written correctly.



Any ides on how to write these special characters to UTF8 without
losing the code page …

I have tried a few things but no success yet… I am hoping the CCSID guru’s out there have a few ideas for me.





Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards / Bien à vous,



Sean



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