Character Set Pointer
Usage Notes
The Character Set Pointer field specifies the address of a one‑byte character set code or a thirty‑byte character set name. It also specifies the character set to be used on this and subsequent requests and responses.
The following character sets that are supplied by the server are known to CLIv2:
EBCDIC
EBCDIC037_0E
KANJIEBCDIC5026_0I
KANJIEBCDIC5035_0I
KATAKANAEBCDIC
ASCII
LATIN1_0A
LATIN9_0A
UTF16
UTF8
KANJIEUC_0U
KANJISJIS_0S
Note: In the clispb.dat file, Character Set Pointer is called charset_id. The field contains either the character set code or the character set name.
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Language |
Variable Name |
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COBOL: |
DBCAREA‑CSC‑PTR |
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C: DBCAREA.H: |
inter_ptr |
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Routine |
Action Taken |
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DBCHINI: |
writes |
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DBCHCL: |
reads |
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Used by |
Action Taken |
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application program |
writes |
This field is used in conjunction with the Set Character Set field in the options fields.