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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>Convert universal coded character set (UCS-2) graphic fields</title> </head> <body id="rbal3ucs2"><a name="rbal3ucs2"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Convert universal coded character set (UCS-2) graphic fields</h1> <div><p>You use FMTOPT(*MAP) to convert universal coded character set (UCS-2) graphic fields.</p> <p>Using FMTOPT(*MAP) to copy <em>to</em> a UCS-2 graphic field converts the data in the from-field CCSID to the CCSID of the UCS-2 graphic to-field. If the length after conversion is less than the length of the UCS-2 graphic to-field, the field is padded . If the length after conversion is greater than the length of the UCS-2 graphic to-field, the field is truncated.</p> <p>Using FMTOPT(*MAP) to copy <em>from</em> a UCS-2 graphic field converts the data from the CCSID of the UCS-2 graphic field to the CCSID of the to-field. If the length after conversion is less than the length of the to-field, the field is padded. If the length after conversion is greater than the length of the to-field, the field is truncated. Shift-out and shift-in characters are added around double-byte data except in DBCS-graphic and UCS-2 graphic fields.</p> <p>UCS-2 conversion possibilities also include variable length fields. Generally, the result length of a variable length to-field will be the minimum of the from-field converted length and the maximum length of the to-field.</p> <p>The CCSID conversions created when copying from or to a UCS-2 graphic field might cause the byte length of the data to be different after the conversion. The maximum length of the to-field is used to determine if all of the converted data will fit in the to-field.</p> <p>When copying from a UCS-2 graphic field to a character field, or to a DBCS-either field where the first byte is already converted to a valid SBCS character (not a shift-out <span>X'0E'</span>), any remaining characters that cannot be converted to SBCS (actual double-byte data in the UCS-2 field) will have a single-byte substitution character set in its place.</p> <p>When copying from a UCS-2 graphic field to a DBCS-only, DBCS-graphic field, or to a DBCS-either field where the first byte is already converted to a DBCS shift-out (<span>X'0E'</span>), any remaining characters that cannot be converted to DBCS will have a double-byte substitution character set in its place.</p> <p>To be successful when using FMTOPT(*MAP) to convert from or to UCS-2 data, the resulting converted data for the to-field must conform to the to-field type. Otherwise, conversion errors will occur and the to-field will be set to its default value.</p> </div> <div> <ul class="ullinks"> <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbal3rest.htm">UCS-2 graphic fields restrictions</a></strong><br /> There are some restrictions when you copy from or to a UCS-2 graphic field.</li> </ul> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbal3copydbmbrfmt.htm" title="When you copy from a database file to a database file, you must use the FMTOPT parameter if the record formats are not identical or if the files are different types (source or data). If either file is a device file or inline data file, the FMTOPT parameter does not apply. The records are truncated or padded with blanks or zeros when record lengths are different. A message is sent if the records are truncated.">Copying between different database record formats (FMTOPT parameter)</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>