UNICODE and ASCII encoding schemes for SQL Replication (z/OS)

SQL Replication for OS/390® and z/OS® Version 7 or later supports both UNICODE and ASCII encoding schemes.

To exploit the UNICODE encoding scheme, you must have at least DB2® for OS/390 and z/OS Version 7 and you must manually create or convert your SQL Replication source, target, and control tables as described in the following sections. However, your existing replication environment will work with SQL Replication for OS/390 and z/OS Version 7 or later even if you do not modify any encoding schemes. If your system is a UNICODE system, you must add ENCODING(EBCDIC) on the BIND PLAN and PACKAGE commands for the Capture, Apply, and Replication Alert Monitor programs.