Re: DFU with field type G

[ewart.desouza@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Simon,

You make it sound very simple - but I still don't get it.

This is the definition of the field.
USERNM GRAPHIC(10) CCSID 13488 DEFAULT NULL , 

Not sure what you mean by DBCS version. Is there any specific option to 
install this ? We have the V5R4M0 version & we are allowed to change the 
'Host code-page'.

There are not messages in the job log. I guess DFU does not handle this 
data.

Thanks & best regards
Ewart



Simon Coulter

From:
Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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Date:
02/21/2010 05:45 AM


Subject:
Re: DFU with field type G




On 21/02/2010, at 3:27 AM, ewart.desouza@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Any if you tried creating a DFU for maintaining a file having field 
> type G
> ???

Just tried it on VRM530. Worked OK for me but I did have to:

                 a) Use a DBCS version of PC5250 (5.7)
                 b) Set my job CCSID to something compatible with the 
CCSID of the 
Graphic data type
                 c) Set the IME to my desired input form--I used both 
Hiragana and 
Wide Latin.

> When I tried that I get all 'junk' displayed as data on screen as 
> pasted
> below. Since Query/400 works with this data type I thought DFU too 
> would
> work - unfortunately it seems DFU does not acknowledge this data type.
>
>
> User      :  à â ä ê + è
> Trans No  :                ê à   â   (   ñ +
> Line No   :    1000
> Batch No  :

That would seem to be a CCSID problem. See if there are any messages 
in the job log related to CCSID conversion.

Is your Graphic data type simply for DBCS or have you also specified a 
Unicode CCSID for the field? Perhaps DFU doesn't handle the Unicode 
form?

> I want to avoid writing maintenance programs for such data. Anyone 
> have
> any ideas ???
>
> We are on V5R4.

PTFs?

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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