Re: Decode base64 to job CCSID?

Justin Taylor <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:53:02 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lang.as400.rpg
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If I specify the CCSID on retDecoded, I get SQLSTATE 42806 "Variable
RETDECODED not compatible or value too long.".


Example:
       Dcl-s retDecoded varChar(1000) ccsid(*UTF8) ;



On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM cesco via RPG400-L <
[email protected]> wrote:

> You need to know what encoding the encoded in base64 was originally in.
> then try to declare retDecoded with that CCSID
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