Specifying the coded character set identifier (CCSID) parameter

 

A coded character set identifier (CCSID) is a 16-bit number that includes a specific set of encoding scheme identifiers, character set identifiers, code page identifiers, and other information that uniquely identifies the coded graphic-character representation. The CCSID parameter specifies the CCSID that describes character data in the fields of a file.

 

Parent topic:

Specifying database file and member attributes

 

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i5/OS globalization