Language identifiers and associated default CCSIDs

This table shows the language identifiers and the job default CCSID (DFTCCSID) values associated with those identifiers.

If the QTQ_DEFAULT_CCSID system level environment variable is not defined, then the defaults act as indicated in the following table.

If the QTQ_DEFAULT_CCSID system level environment variable is defined, then it consists of pairs of valid language ID and single-byte or mixed-byte EBCDIC CCSID values. You can use this environment variable to change to the euro value. If this value is not properly defined, the system issues an informational message and uses the value in the following table.

For example, the following command specifies that you want the default CCSID to be 500 for the ENU and ENP language identifiers:

ADDENVVAR ENVVAR(QTQ_DEFAULT_CCSID) VALUE('ENU 00500 ENP 00500') LEVEL(*SYS)

You should be careful to ensure that this environment is set to a valid value. If this value is not set correctly, you might not be able to log on to the system. Before you change this value, you might consider having two signed-on sessions. Then, you can test your change on one of the sessions and make changes on the other if needed.

The Job default coded character set identifier topic includes information about the QTQ_DEFAULT_CCSID system-level environment variable and how it is used to find the default value.