Language Environment Code Page Conversion tables

InfoSphere® CDC for z/OS® can use the code page conversion services of Language Environment® to perform the text data translation. To do so, InfoSphere CDC for z/OS must have access to the Language Environment's code page conversion tables that were distributed with z/OS.

Note: Even if you choose Unicode Conversion Services to perform code page conversion of text data, it is important to follow the directions in this section, because problems (related to your working environment) may occur when using Unicode Conversion Services. When such problems occur, InfoSphere CDC reverts to using Language Environment's Code Page Conversion Services.

The default name of the data set containing the Language Environment code page conversion tables is 'CEE.SCEEUTBL'. However, when z/OS was installed, the default name for this data set may not have been used. The installer has the option of selecting a different high-level qualifier for the Language Environment data set, replacing the “CEE” with one or more prefixes of their own choice. If the decision was made at installation time to change the high-level qualifier of the Language Environment data set, then InfoSphere CDC for z/OS must be provided with the chosen high-level qualifier so that it can locate the Language Environment code page conversion tables data set.

The installer must modify the CHCPROC JCL, adding an environment variable that contains the chosen high-level qualifier. Change the PARM keyword operand on the EXEC statement in the CHCPROC to add the following parameter data:

PARM=('/ENVAR(_ICONV_UCS2_PREFIX=<newprefix>)/COMM,DBMS')

where <newprefix> is the high-level qualifier that replaces CEE for the Language Environment data set.