Re: substr bif question

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23/09/2009, at 10:38 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:

> Not only was the CPYFRMIMPF change documented in the v5r3 Memo to
> Users, but if you followed IBM's recommendations in the first place
> and had CCSID properly set on the file (and system), then you weren't
> affected by the by the change anyway!

Agreed, I've been chastising those with QCCSID 65535 for more than a  
decade.

Still customers do the damndest things. I'm helping one who thought  
stuffing CCSID 935 data in a CCSID 37 file would be a good idea.  
Seemed to work at the time but causing no end of grief now.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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