Re: Can I create my own CCSID

[Pete Hall <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:31:46 +0100, Loek Maartens wrote:

> Hi group,
>
> Is it possible to define my own CCSID translation table?
>
> In the past I did use the code pages with the QDCXLATE api, but now I am
> faced with UTF-8 ccsid and need to do a translation from accented
> characters (french, german, etc) to simple characters.
>
> Since I can not find a matching CCSID I am looking on building my own,
> but fail to find any references, except some references in CICS.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Loek Maartens.

For SBCS at least, you can create your own translate source. This example 
doesn't do any translation. You need to positionally enter the 
hexidecimal codepoints to translate to:

000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F101112131415161718191A1B1C1D1E1F
202122232425262728292A2B2C2D2E2F303132333435363738393A3B3C3D3E3F
404142434445464748494A4B4C4D4E4F505152535455565758595A5B5C5D5E5F
606162636465666768696A6B6C6D6E6F707172737475767778797A7B7C7D7E7F
808182838485868788898A8B8C8D8E8F909192939495969798999A9B9C9D9E9F
A0A1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8A9AAABACADAEAFB0B1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8B9BABBBCBDBEBF
C0C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9CACBCCCDCECFD0D1D2D3D4D5D6D7D8D9DADBDCDDDEDF
E0E1E2E3E4E5E6E7E8E9EAEBECEDEEEFF0F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9FAFBFCFDFEFF

The ordinal position value determines the result. I've never tried to 
accommodate a DBCS, so can't help there.

Once that's done, run the CRTTBL command and you have your translate 
table.