" It is entirely possible that the bytes that are in the PF are "correct" even if they do NOT display in the desired fashion.
The converse could also be true: The application you are using to display the data could be doing some "helpful" automatic conversions for you to make it appear readable, yet the bytes in the PF are actually not in the desired encoding."
Those sound like CCSID errors to me (ie. data and/or table have the wrong CCSID). I guess there could be times where you mix CCSID within the same table, but that sounds like a fringe case to me.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Yeung [mailto:gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 12:00 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: CPYFRMSTMF & character conversion
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How is "desired content" for a text string different than what it looks like?
Because there is the process of rendering the content to a visual form. You don't say HOW you are "looking at" the data. You could be using DSPF or DSPPFM or RUNQRY, for example. You could also be using some other application that doesn't come with the system. It is entirely possible that the bytes that are in the PF are "correct" even if they do NOT display in the desired fashion.
The converse could also be true: The application you are using to display the data could be doing some "helpful" automatic conversions for you to make it appear readable, yet the bytes in the PF are actually not in the desired encoding.
John Y.
midrange.com
