The system allows @, as well as $ and # - other than than any letter, A
through z, and any number, 0 through 9.
When using the American character set ... when using the German character
set @ is not allowed but § can be used instead.
Special characters are not international, i.e. have different hex codes in
different CCSIDs!
The best is AVOIDING special characters if possible
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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Vern
Hamberg via MIDRANGE-L
Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2025 18:01
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Profiles beginning with special chars
Hi
The system allows @, as well as $ and # - other than than any letter, A
through z, and any number, 0 through 9.
The documentation does say that these 3 characters are at hex values x'5B',
x'7B', x'7C' in CCSID 37 and others. But not all - so they recommend against
using them, generally. But if you are always going to be US only, it is
probably OK.
*Regards*
*Vern Hamberg*
IBM Champion 2025 <cid:part1.nIM8rrr2.207Ubwuh@centurylink.net> CAAC (COMMON
Americas Advisory Council) IBM Influencer 2023
On 4/10/2025 8:41 AM, smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I am creating a new process to assist my client's help desk with
profile creation. The current process is very convoluted and has to go
away.
For the new process, I am proposing using "template" profiles to be
copied to generate the new profile. I am thinking about beginning the
template profiles with an @ as in @PGMR, @USER, @QA, @HELPDESK, etc.
Then I can do sql to pull all of the @ profiles to provide a list of
available templates for them to choose from.
Does anyone know if there are any problems with creating profiles that
begin with an @? The system allows it but I didn't know if there was
a reason not to.
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