<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="concept" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="When is the job default CCSID used for handling messages?" /> <meta name="abstract" content="A job default CCSID is always a CCSID with an encoding scheme of 1100 (single-byte EBCDIC) or 1301 (mixed-byte EBCDIC)." /> <meta name="description" content="A job default CCSID is always a CCSID with an encoding scheme of 1100 (single-byte EBCDIC) or 1301 (mixed-byte EBCDIC)." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rbagshandmsgccsidsupquest.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rbagswhenjobdefaultused" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. 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>When is the job default CCSID used for handling messages?</title> </head> <body id="rbagswhenjobdefaultused"><a name="rbagswhenjobdefaultused"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">When is the job default CCSID used for handling messages?</h1> <div><p>A job default CCSID is always a CCSID with an encoding scheme of 1100 (single-byte EBCDIC) or 1301 (mixed-byte EBCDIC).</p> <p>The job default CCSID is used whenever both of the following conditions are true:</p> <ul><li>A conversion occurs from a CCSID with an encoding scheme other than 1100 or 1301 to a job CCSID.</li> <li>The job CCSID is 65535.</li> </ul> <p>For example, ASCII data must be converted to a CCSID associated with the data when asked to convert to the CCSID of a job. The job default CCSID is used because it is never CCSID 65535.</p> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagshandmsgccsidsupquest.htm" title="Here are some common questions asked about CCSID support for handling messages.">Common questions about CCSID support for handling messages</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>