Difference between DSX and DSX 7-bit encoded

kumarkb · Post by **kumarkb** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:28 pm

Hi when i tried to export the DS job as .DSX i was able to see the below options
1) DSX
2) DSX 7-bit encoded

can any one please tell me what is the difference between these two?

Thanks & Regards
KB

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:08 am

Just as some of the old mail systems only process 7 bit data, DataStage allows you to create a .dsx file which can be transmitted through such systems. If I recall correctly it uses the same uuencoding algorithm as does sendmail to ensure that all characters can be represented in 7 bits.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:29 am

It's even simpler than that. Any character over DEL (127) is represented as \nnn where nnn is the ASCII code point for the character.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:44 am

Thanks for that, Ray. I thought to remember that UUENCODE was used somewhere in the dsx export, perhaps when exporting the binary executables. But I just checked an export file and see that the binaries (at V8) are stored as hex clear texts after all.