EBCDIC to ASCII

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EBCDIC to ASCII

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Is there a function in datastage that will convert EBCDIC to ASCII !?

thanks
pieter
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There are two complementary functions.
ASCII(x) will convert from EBCDIC to ASCII.
EBCDIC(x) will convert from ASCII to EBCDIC.

HOWEVER-----
Beware that there is more than one variant of EBCDIC. (This is particularly true in Japan.)


-----Original Message-----
From: Brundyn, Pieter [mailto:pbrundyn@metropolitan.co.za]
Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2001 19:38
To: datastage-users@oliver.com
Subject: EBCDIC to ASCII


Is there a function in datastage that will convert EBCDIC to ASCII !?

thanks
pieter
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