Default CCSIDs

The value of the field MIXED DATA (on installation panel DSNTIPF) determines the default CCSIDs for a character string.

The following table shows how the value of the field MIXED DATA (on installation panel DSNTIPF) determines the default CCSIDs for a character string.
Table 1. Default CCSIDs for character strings
Encoding scheme Value of MIXED DATA field Default attribute
ASCII or EBCDIC NO Character: SBCS

The value of the ASCII CCSID or EBCDIC CCSID field on installation panel determines the system CCSID for SBCS data.
ASCII or EBCDIC YES Character: MIXED

The value of the ASCII CCSID or EBCDIC CCSID field on installation panel DSNTIPF determines the system CCSID for SBCS data, MIXED, and graphic data.
Unicode Not applicable Character: MIXED

The CCSIDs are:

  • 367 for SBCS data
  • 1208 for MIXED data
  • 1200 for graphic data