No, you can't convert directly from CCSID 65535 into UTF-8.
You can only convert into single byte ccsid - for example 37 (US-English) or 273 (German) or ...
If the data is in a single byte CCSID you easily can convert into UTF-8.
Cast(Cast(Your65535String as VarChar(256) CCSID 37) as VarChar(256) CCSID 1208)
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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Bobby Adams
Sent: Dienstag, 6. Dezember 2022 22:42
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: CCSID 65535 and SQL
Hi All,
There is a vendor file that has a field with CCSID 65535 assigned. Can SQL convert that field to CCSID 1208? I am asking about SQL because the person who will be working with the file prefers SQL.
When we try to CAST it to 1208 we get '[SQL0332] Character conversion between CCSID 65535 and CCSID 1208 not valid.'
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Bobby
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