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Shankarganesh_gopal · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:40 pm Post subject: HEX decimal Special Character

Hi all,

From our Front End we use CTG call ( CICS Transaction Gateway ) to connect to CICS. And from CICS, a batch program is called to get the Name. Name contains special character like C

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:21 am Post subject:

My advice is this (since I know less about your system than you):

data is stored in your Table(DB2?) properly
data is retrieved into CICS module's data storage properly
data, when moved to CICS module's storage area to host variable (?) data is not configured properly

questions:

what do you mean by host variable?
When does the storage representation of the characters change?
what command are you using to 'send back to the front end' the data?

data written to an output file - there is no conversion - the string is moved within an environment where no conversion takes place.

data sent to front end - there is conversion
- the source data is defined so that what you interpret as the proper hex configuration is correct
- the destination data is defined in a manner that 'requests' conversion - what is that?

I would determine at what stage the data representation is converted, and why.

Is your front end ebcdic - IBM terminal, BMS map
or is your front end the WEB which means Unicode?
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Shankarganesh_gopal · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:12 am Post subject:

Hi Dick,

After a long time, we found the issue and it's with the IBM provided CTG program. We use Codepage T1 in CTG program and IBM has comformed that they are moving spaces when such specific special character encountered.

Finally they agreed to change their programs.

Thanks a ton for your help Dick and all.

Shankar.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:25 am Post subject:

Shankarganesh_gopal,

thanks for getting back. This info can possibly be of help to others. Local IBMs are only franchises for IBM international, and their consultant services are little different from other consultant services, except for the name IBM which they can use. Lesson learned: don't assume a program works properly just because it was written by a 'specialist'.
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Dick Brenholtz
American living in Varel, Germany