QtqValidateCCSID()--Validate CCSID API

Syntax

  int QtqValidateCCSID (CCSID)

              int          CCSID;

  Service Program: QTQUSF

  Default Public Authority: *USE

  Threadsafe: No

The QtqValidateCCSID() function determines if the specified CCSID is supported by the system. If the CCSID is supported, the encoding scheme for the CCSID is returned.

Authorities and Locks

None.

Parameters

CCSID: INPUT
An integer that represents the CCSID to be validated. Valid CCSID values are in the range 1 through 65535.

Return Value

If successful, QtqValidateCCSID() returns a positive integer that represents the encoding scheme of the specified CCSID. For more information about encoding schemes, see the i5/OS^® globalization topic collection.

If unsuccessful, QtqValidateCCSID() returns one of the following values:

0: Special purpose.
The input CCSID is a special-purpose CCSID as defined by CDRA.
-1: CCSID not found.
The input CCSID is not recognized by the system.
-2: Out of range.
The input CCSID is out of the supported range of 1 to 65535.

API introduced: V3R7

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