Re: Jobs that use 65535 CCSID... Why?

[Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Brad,

Am 04.01.2022 um 15:21 schrieb Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>:

> It made me think of a question I've been wondering about for a while.  Why
> is this CCSID used?

The more interesting point is: How did your job get this CCSID assigned in the first place?

> Should this CCSID be treated differently than others when working with
> translations?  Or would it make sense to have the user set their job's
> CCSID to something more "meaningful"?

I'd say, a job ID of 65535 makes no sense and should be corrected.

You might consider reading this: https://ibmdocs.pocnet.net/SG24-2154-00.pdf (Speak the Right Language with Your AS/400 System) — the concepts are mostly still current today.

> I see it used more and more... what is the purpose of this, and why does it
> seem to almost be a default on some systems (mostly non US from what I see).

Usually, the job CCSID is indirectly derived from the QCCSID system value. As others pointed out, 65535 has been the default value, at least in earlier releases. If you see this more often, I'd say because nobody did set it to the correct value at installation time.

:wq! PoC