Language identifiers and associated default CCSIDs

This table shows the language identifiers and the job default CCSID (DFTCCSID) values associated with those identifiers.

If the QTQ_DEFAULT_CCSID system level environment variable is not defined, then the defaults act as indicated in the following table.

If the QTQ_DEFAULT_CCSID system level environment variable is defined, then it consists of pairs of valid language ID and single byte or mixed byte EBCDIC CCSID values. You can use this environment variable to change to the Euro value. If this value is not properly defined, the system issues an informational message and uses the value in the following table.

Start of changeFor example, the following command specifies that you want the default CCSID to be 500 for the ENU and ENP language identifiers:End of change

Start of changeADDENVVAR ENVVAR(QTQ_DEFAULT_CCSID) VALUE('ENU 00500 ENP 00500') LEVEL(*SYS)End of change

Start of changeYou should be careful to ensure that this environment is set to a valid value. If this value is not set correctly, you might not be able to log in to the server. Before you change this value, you might consider having two signed-on sessions. Then, you can test your change on one of the sessions and make changes on the other if needed.End of change

Start of changeThe Job default coded character set identifier topic includes information about the QTQ_DEFAULT_CCSID system-level environment variable and how it is used to find the default value.End of change

Language identifier Single-byte CCSID Mixed-byte CCSID Language
AFR 00037 None Afrikaans
ARA 00420 None Arabic
BEL 01025 None Byelorussian
BGR 01025 None Bulgarian
CAT 00284 None Catalan
CHS 00836 00935 Simplified Chinese
CHT 00037 00937 Traditional Chinese
CSY 00870 None Czech
DAN 00277 None Danish
DES 00500 None Swiss German
DEU 00273 (1141 with Euro) None German
ELL 00875 (4971 with Euro) None Greek
ENA 00037 None Australian English
ENG 00285 None United Kingdom English
ENP 00037 None Uppercase English
ENU 00037 None United States English
ESP 00284 (1145 with Euro) None Spanish
FAR 01097 None Farsi
FIN 00278 (1143 with Euro) None Finnish
FRA 00297 (1147 with Euro) None French
FRB 00500 (1148 with Euro) None Belgian French
FRC 00500 None Canadian French
FRS 00500 None Swiss French
GAE 00285 (1146 with Euro) None Irish Gaelic
HEB 00424 None Hebrew
HRV 00870 None Croatian
HUN 00870 None Hungarian
ISL 00871 (1149 with Euro) None Icelandic
ITA 00280 (1144 with Euro) None Italian
ITS 00500 None Swiss Italian
JPN 00290 05026 Japanese Katakana

The mixed value for DFTCCSID is 05026 when the job CCSID is 65535. In order for the DFTCCSID to be 05035, the job CCSID must be 05035.

KOR 00833 00933 Korean
MKD 01025 None Macedonian
NLB 00500 (1148 with Euro) None Belgian Dutch
NLD 00037 (1140 with Euro) None Dutch
NON 00277 None Norwegian Nynorsk
NOR 00277 None Norwegian Bokmal
PLK 00870 None Polish
PTB 00037 None Brazilian Portuguese
PTG 00037 (1140 with Euro) None Portuguese
ROM 00870 None Romanian
RUS 01025 None Russian
SKY 00870 None Slovakian
SLO 00870 None Slovenian
SQI 00500 None Albanian
SRB 01025 None Serbian Cyrillic
SRL 00870 None Serbian Latin
SVE 00278 None Swedish
THA 00838 None Thai
TRK 01026 None Turkish
Related concepts
Recommendations and guidelines for using CCSIDs
Database management
LC_COLLATE category
Related tasks
Job default coded character set identifier