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Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Compare DBCS fields in a logical file</title> </head> <body id="rbafodbcscomp"><a name="rbafodbcscomp"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Compare DBCS fields in a logical file</h1> <div><p>When comparing two fields or a field and constants, fixed-length fields can be compared to variable-length fields as long as the types are compatible. </p> <p><a href="#rbafodbcscomp__rbafolfile">Table 1</a> describes valid comparisons for double-byte character set (DBCS) fields in a logical file. </p> <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" border="1" class="tableborder"><tr><td> <a name="rbafodbcscomp__rbafolfile"><!-- --></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="rbafodbcscomp__rbafolfile" width="100%" border="0"><caption>Table 1. Valid comparisons for DBCS fields in a logical file</caption><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" valign="bottom" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e55"> </th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="7.4074074074074066%" id="d0e57">Any numeric</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="7.87037037037037%" id="d0e59">Character</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="9.722222222222223%" id="d0e61">Hexadecimal</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="6.944444444444445%" id="d0e63">DBCS-open</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="5.092592592592593%" id="d0e65">DBCS- either</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="6.944444444444445%" id="d0e67">DBCS-only</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="6.018518518518518%" id="d0e69">DBCS- graphic</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="6.481481481481481%" id="d0e71">UCS2- graphic</th> <th valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" id="d0e73">UTF-8</th> <th valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" id="d0e75">UTF-16</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="6.944444444444445%" id="d0e77">Date</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="6.481481481481481%" id="d0e79">Time</th> <th align="left" valign="bottom" width="9.25925925925926%" id="d0e81">Timestamp</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody><tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e85" headers="d0e55 ">Any numeric</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e85 d0e57 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e85 d0e59 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e85 d0e61 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e85 d0e63 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e85 d0e65 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e85 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e85 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e85 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e85 d0e73 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e85 d0e75 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e85 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e85 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e85 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e114" headers="d0e55 ">Character</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e114 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e114 d0e59 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e114 d0e61 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e114 d0e63 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e114 d0e65 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e114 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e114 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e114 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e114 d0e73 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e114 d0e75 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e114 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e114 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e114 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e143" headers="d0e55 ">Hexa- decimal</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e143 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e143 d0e59 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e143 d0e61 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e143 d0e63 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e143 d0e65 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e143 d0e67 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e143 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e143 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e143 d0e73 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e143 d0e75 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e143 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e143 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e143 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e172" headers="d0e55 ">DBCS- open</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e172 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e172 d0e59 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e172 d0e61 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e172 d0e63 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e172 d0e65 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e172 d0e67 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e172 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e172 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e172 d0e73 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e172 d0e75 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e172 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e172 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e172 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e201" headers="d0e55 ">DBCS- either</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e201 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e201 d0e59 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e201 d0e61 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e201 d0e63 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e201 d0e65 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e201 d0e67 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e201 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e201 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e201 d0e73 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e201 d0e75 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e201 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e201 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e201 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e230" headers="d0e55 ">DBCS- only</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e230 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e230 d0e59 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e230 d0e61 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e230 d0e63 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e230 d0e65 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e230 d0e67 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e230 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e230 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e230 d0e73 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e230 d0e75 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e230 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e230 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e230 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e259" headers="d0e55 ">DBCS- graphic</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e259 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e259 d0e59 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e259 d0e61 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e259 d0e63 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e259 d0e65 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e259 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e259 d0e69 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e259 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e259 d0e73 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e259 d0e75 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e259 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e259 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e259 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e288" headers="d0e55 ">UCS2- graphic</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e288 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e288 d0e59 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e288 d0e61 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e288 d0e63 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e288 d0e65 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e288 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e288 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e288 d0e71 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e288 d0e73 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e288 d0e75 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e288 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e288 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e288 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e317" headers="d0e55 ">UTF-8</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e317 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e317 d0e59 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e317 d0e61 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e317 d0e63 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e317 d0e65 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e317 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e317 d0e69 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e317 d0e71 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e317 d0e73 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e317 d0e75 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e317 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e317 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e317 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e346" headers="d0e55 ">UTF-16</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e346 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e346 d0e59 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e346 d0e61 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e346 d0e63 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e346 d0e65 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e346 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e346 d0e69 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e346 d0e71 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e346 d0e73 ">Valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e346 d0e75 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e346 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e346 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e346 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e375" headers="d0e55 ">Date</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e375 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e375 d0e59 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e375 d0e61 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e375 d0e63 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e375 d0e65 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e375 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e375 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e375 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e375 d0e73 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e375 d0e75 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e375 d0e77 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e375 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e375 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e404" headers="d0e55 ">Time</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e404 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e404 d0e59 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e404 d0e61 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e404 d0e63 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e404 d0e65 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e404 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e404 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e404 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e404 d0e73 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e404 d0e75 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e404 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e404 d0e79 ">Valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e404 d0e81 ">Not valid</td> </tr> <tr><th align="left" valign="top" width="8.333333333333332%" class="firstcol" id="d0e433" headers="d0e55 ">Time- stamp</th> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e433 d0e57 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="7.87037037037037%" headers="d0e433 d0e59 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.722222222222223%" headers="d0e433 d0e61 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e433 d0e63 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e433 d0e65 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e433 d0e67 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.018518518518518%" headers="d0e433 d0e69 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e433 d0e71 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="5.092592592592593%" headers="d0e433 d0e73 ">Not valid</td> <td valign="top" width="7.4074074074074066%" headers="d0e433 d0e75 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.944444444444445%" headers="d0e433 d0e77 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="6.481481481481481%" headers="d0e433 d0e79 ">Not valid</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="9.25925925925926%" headers="d0e433 d0e81 ">Valid</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td></tr></table> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafoappdbcs.htm" title="These topics describe double-byte character set (DBCS) considerations as they apply to the database on the iSeries 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