Use the MBDATACONN statement to define the conversions between a file system code page and a network transfer code page during data transfer. This statement affects the conversion of double-byte character set (DBCS) and multibyte character set (MBCS) data and is used when the ENCODING MBCS statement is coded. You can also use the SIte and LOCSIte subcommands to set this keyword and to set ENCODING to MBCS.
- Server
- Specifies the multibyte code pages used by the server.
- Client
- Specifies the multibyte code pages used by the client.
Parameters
- file_system_codepage
- Specifies the name of the file system code page.
- network_transfer_codepage
- Specifies the network transfer code page.
Examples
To code MBDATACONN:
MBDATACONN (IBM-1388,IBM-5488)Usage notes
MBDATACONN is in effect only when ENCODING has a value of MBCS.
Table 1 shows the supported code page pairs.
| Support for: | file_system_codepage | network_transfer_codepage |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese standard GB18030 | IBM-1388 or UTF-8 | IBM-5488 |
| BIG5 | IBM-937 | IBM-950 or BIG5 |
| EUCKANJI | IBM-930 | IBM-eucJP |
| JIS78KJ (JISROMAN | IBM-930 | IBM-5053 |
| JIS78KJ (ASCII | IBM-939 | IBM-5055 |
| JIS83KJ (JISROMAN | IBM-930 | IBM-5052 |
| JIS83KJ (ASCII | IBM-939 | IBM-5054 |
| KSC5601 | IBM-933 | IBM-949 |
| SCHINESE | IBM-935 | IBM-1381 |
| SJISKANJI | SJISKANJI IBM-930 or IBM-939 | IBM-932 or IBM-eucJC |
| TCHINESE | IBM-937 | IBM-948 |
| UNICODE file transfer | UTF-8, UTF-16 | UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE |
Other code page pairs might be accepted when specified. However, the ones listed in Table 1 have been verified to produce the support that is listed in the table.