RE: Issues with code page conversion..grateful for any help

Hi Daniel,

Firstly, thank you for your reply ...

That is what I thought as well but it does not seem to be so simple...

If I look at the data with ccsid 273 I get this "Zakªad"  and with ccsid 870 I get 'Zakład'

If I write the data to UFT-8 File with ccsid 1208 I get the wrong output.

How do I get the correct value to my output file...  Ideas appreciated.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards / Bien à vous,
 
Seán 
 
 
 

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From: RPG400-L <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Daniel Gross
Sent: Monday, 30 March 2026 19:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Issues with code page conversion..grateful for any help

Hi Sean,

with UTF-8 there is no such thing as a codepage anymore - because UTF-8 is short for "Unicode Transfer Format 8 Bit" - so this is full Unicode. 

If you want your file to be written with a specific CCSID, you have to use QSYS2.IFS_WRITE with the FILE_CCSID parameter.

You can also use this function for UTF-8 - that would be FILE_CCSID=>1208 then - as CCSID 1208 would be UTF-8. 

HTH
Daniel


> Am 30.03.2026 um 19:01 schrieb [email protected]:
> 
> Hello all,
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> I am using “QSYS2.IFS_WRITE_UTF8” to generate a UTF8 Output file.
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> So far so good … I have data with Polish special characters that must 
> be sent with correct CCSID (870)
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> 
> I use
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> EXEC SQL     SET :chr870  = CAST(:myData AS CHAR(100) CCSID 870) to convert my data to CCSID 870 but when I write
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> To my output file the special characters are not written correctly.
> 
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> Any ides on how to write these special characters to UTF8 without 
> losing the code page …
> 
> I have tried a few things but no success yet…  I am hoping the CCSID guru’s out there have a few ideas for me.
> 
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards / Bien à vous,
> 
> 
> 
> Sean
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> 
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