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| Veera B |
 Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:26 pm Post subject: Unsupported Encoding Exception : 1208 |
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HI All,
I am getting an exception in JCN. ( java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException: Cp1208 ). This is on an AIX machine v6.1.
I understand that the encoding for unix is 273 and i am using ccsid 37, but then i dont get exception, instead i get junk data in the output.
need some suggestions ... |
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| mqjeff |
| Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| 1208 is a unicode CCSID. Are you sure you're not putting in a CCSID where it expects to find an encoding? |
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| Veera B |
| Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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yes correct, i was using ccsid value for encoding.
Thank you mqjeff. hypertension at work makes simple things complicated  |
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| Veera B |
| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Also regarding the junk data while logging on AIX machine ... tried a few things
[ENC : 273 , ccsid : 37] --> gives junk data
[ENC : 273 , ccsid : 819] --> gives correct data |
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| smdavies99 |
| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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so your Queue manager default CCSID is probably 819.
This is ISO-8859-1 Western European Latin.
Please be aware that this CCSID does not handle the Euro Character.
If you need to send data containing the Euro Symbol you need to use 923 or better still 1208 in your message MQMD
As a general rule, I try to make all the queue manager I use have a CCSID = 1208.
Saves a lot of headaches in the long run.
Welcome to the sometimes murky world of CCSID's and Encodings.
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| Veera B |
| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| smdavies99 wrote: |
so your Queue manager default CCSID is probably 819.
This is ISO-8859-1 Western European Latin.
Please be aware that this CCSID does not handle the Euro Character.
If you need to send data containing the Euro Symbol you need to use 923 or better still 1208 in your message MQMD
As a general rule, I try to make all the queue manager I use have a CCSID = 1208.
Saves a lot of headaches in the long run.
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Unlike encoding which is machine specific, is ccsid machine independent .. for example will it not differ on win,unix, etc .. ?
is there any redbooks to understand the ccsid and encoding in detail ? |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:30 am Post subject: |
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| Veera B wrote: |
| Unlike encoding which is machine specific |
Many machines share encoding strategies.
| Veera B wrote: |
| is ccsid machine independent .. for example will it not differ on win,unix, etc .. ? |
It is, but there are a huge number of overlapping code pages and some are more popular than others. For example, the 819 code page you're using on AIX is available on Windows but not typically used; 850 is used instead which certainly has most of the same code points but not all.
Likewise anyone who's using a Euro character in European Latin but not Unicode will have a different code page. Native French systems use another to obtain the special characters typically used which again shares the majority of code points.
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| is there any redbooks to understand the ccsid and encoding in detail ? |
There's a raft of material on the Internet. CCSID (or code page) is not a WMB issue but a general application internationalization issue; any applications sharing data across national boundaries face these issues and it's from this Unicode grew.
You'll also find a lot of discussion in here about it.
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| rekarm01 |
| Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Veera B wrote: |
Unlike encoding which is machine specific, is ccsid machine independent .. for example will it not differ on win,unix, etc .. ?
is there any redbooks to understand the ccsid and encoding in detail ? |
The Encoding describes mostly non-character data (integers, decimals, floats). The WMQ InfoCenter documents it here and here, (among other places).
The CodedCharSetId describes character data. The IBM CDRA documents it here. |
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| zpat |
| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:25 am Post subject: |
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Don't forget that with MQ v7 the queue manager does more data conversion in the OS for the clients apps - or not depending on the fixpack level and which way the wind is blowing 
Either way - make sure these AIX filesets are installed.
bos.iconv.com, bos.iconv.en_GB, bos.iconv.ucs.com, bos.iconv.ucs.ebcdic, bos.iconv.ucs.pc, bos.rte.iconv
The en_GB can be replaced with your favourite locale if not UK. |
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| Veera B |
| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Everyone,
Thank you, for the knowledge and guidance. |
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