DBCS system indicator (QIGC) system value

The DBCS system indicator (QIGC) system value specifies whether a double-byte character set (DBCS) national language version (NLV) is installed. This value is set when the primary national language version is installed.

If QIGC is set to 0, no DBCS national language version is installed on the system. When QIGC is set to 0, the coded character set system identifier (QCCSID) must be set to an SBCS coded character set identifier.

If QIGC is set to 1, a DBCS national language version is installed as the primary language on the system. When QIGC is set to 1, the coded character set system identifier (QCCSID) system value should be set to a mixed CCSID (such as 05026) or to CCSID 65535.

Beginning with IBM i V5R3, any NLV can support DBCS. Therefore, QIGC is always set to 1 (or on). If you have applications that check this value, update them to use the job level DBCS indicator. You can use the Retrieve Job Information (QUSRJOBI) API to get the job's IGC value.

You cannot change this value.