The database allows a character set to be established when invoking FastExport. For example, if a table or database names that have Kanji double-byte characters or mixed single-byte and multibyte characters, the appropriate character set can be chosen.
The following table lists the standard character sets supported by FastExport.
Name | Description | System Configuration |
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EBCDIC | Latin | Mainframe-attached |
ASCII | Latin | Workstation-attached |
HANGULEBCDIC933_1II | Korean | Mainframe-attached |
HANGULKSC5601_2R4 | Korean | Workstation-attached |
KATAKANAEBCDIC | Japanese | Mainframe-attached |
KANJIEBCDIC5026_0I | Japanese | Mainframe-attached |
KANJIEBCDIC5035_0I | Japanese | Mainframe-attached |
KANJIEUC_0U | Japanese | Workstation-attached |
KANJISJIS_0S | Japanese | Workstation-attached |
SCHEBCDIC935_2lJ | Simplified Chinese | Mainframe-attached |
SCHGB2312_1T0 | Simplified Chinese | Workstation-attached |
TCHBIG5_1R0 | Traditional Chinese | Workstation-attached |
TCHEBCDIC937_3IB | Traditional Chinese | Mainframe-attached |
UTF8 | Unicode® character set | Workstation-attached |
UTF-8 | Unicode character set | Mainframe-attached Workstation-attached |
UTF16 | Unicode character set | Workstation-attached |
UTF-16 | Unicode character set | Workstation-attached |
Site-Defined Character Sets
When the character sets defined are not appropriate for a site, define the character sets shown in the following table.
Name | Description | System Configuration |
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SDKATAKANAEBCDIC_4IF | Site-defined Japanese | Mainframe-attached |
SDKANJIEBCDIC5026_4IG | Site-defined Japanese | Mainframe-attached |
SDKANJIEBCDIC5035_4IH | Site-defined Japanese | Mainframe-attached |
SDKANJIEUC_1U3 | Site-defined Japanese | Workstation-attached |
SDKANJISJIS_1S3 | Site-defined Japanese | Workstation-attached |
SDSCHEBCDIC935_6IJ | Site-defined Simplified Chinese | Mainframe-attached |
SDTCHEBCDIC937_7IB | Site-defined Traditional Chinese | Mainframe-attached |
SDSCHGB2312_2T0 | Site-defined Simplified Chinese | Workstation-attached |
SDTCHBIG5_3R0 | Site-defined Traditional Chinese | Workstation-attached |
SDHANGULEBCDIC933_5II | Site-defined Korean | Mainframe-attached |
SDHANGULKSC5601_4R4 | Site-defined Korean | Workstation-attached |
Rules for Using Chinese and Korean Character Sets
- Object Names
Object names are limited to A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and special characters such as $ and _.
- Maximum String Length
The database requires two bytes to process each of the Chinese or Korean characters. This limits both request size and record size. For example, if a record consists of one string, the length of that string is limited to a maximum of 32,000 characters or 64,000 bytes.
For more information about Chinese or Korean character set restrictions, or for more information about alternate character sets, see International Character Set Support, B035-1125.
If Japanese language support is not required, specify EBCDIC or ASCII as the character set parameter.