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This requirement is addressed by z/OS Connect 3.0.79 / APAR PH59752:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/PH59752
The idea is for both provider and requester use case.
On top of Citi’s request to IBM to support CCSID 1379 in our WAS servers, please help confirm whether CCSID 1379 (both mainframe and WAS servers) will also be enhanced and aligned, or new CCSID will be provided to support what HK government has published in terms of what characters should be supported in the near future.
As per Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set (ccli.gov.hk) published by gov, logically HK will require Han (CJK – Chinese, Japanese, Korean) which add more complexity; see HKSCS-2016 standards
We are aware that one solution is for the applications to support UTF-8 in mainframe but doing this is considered an open-heart surgery in all mainframe appl’ns. So we are looking at a solution that can be handled at CCSID level…
Hi Nina,
The start of the document for the link you provided mentioned about supported code page:
Refer to Coded character set identifiers to check whether the code page that you want to use is supported in z/OS® Connect by default. Specify a custom CCSID only when you have a specific requirement for it.
Does this mean that this facility only works with supported code pages, and since CCSID 1379 is not in the list of supportable code pages, we cannot use it?
Kindly confirm. Thank you
Hi Nina,
This is for both provider and requester cases.
On top of Citi’s request to IBM to support 1379 in our WAS servers, please help check whether 1379 (both mainframe and WAS servers) will also be enhanced and aligned or new CCSID will be provided to support what HK government has published in terms of what characters should be supported in the near future.
As per Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set (ccli.gov.hk) published by gov, logically HK will require Han (CJK – Chinese, Japanese, Korean) which added more complexity.
We are aware that one solution is for the applications to support UTF-8 in mainframe but doing this is considered an open-heart surgery in all mainframe appl’ns.
So we are looking at a solution that can be handled at CCSID level…
In the meantime, i will share the link you provided with our developers. Thank you.
Hello,
Thank you for raising this Idea. Is this for a Provider or Requester use case?
We do support custom CCSIDs: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos-connect/zosconnect/3.0?topic=properties-how-specify-custom-ccsid-cics-service Would this be a solution?
Thank you.