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

If your "line" variable is already 1208 try to use IFS_WRITE_UTF8
IFS_WRITE normally expect job ccsid in the var.

Also check the ccsid of the target file if preexisting (via wrklnk).
I have in my db also polish, it is handled fine (I use UTF16 in db but is irrelevant here).








On Monday, March 30, 2026 at 07:01:36 PM GMT+2, scourtney@xxxxxxxxxxx <scourtney@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





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