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Exclamation point "!" converted to left square bracket "["

Troubleshooting


Problem

You send data from AIX to z/OS and find that an exclamation mark ("!") is translated to a left square bracket "[". You running with the default QMCCSID on z/OS Queue Manager which is 500.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSFKSJ","label":"WebSphere MQ"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud \u0026 Data Platform"},"Component":"Data Conversion","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF021","label":"OpenVMS"},{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF035","label":"z\/OS"}],"Version":"8.0;7.1;7.0.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"}}]

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Historical Number

20822

Document Information

Modified date:
28 April 2025

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swg21028503