> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:01 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: big iron mainframe vs. x86 servers > > On 31 Oct 2009 09:37:18 -0700, Patrick Scheible <k...@zipcon.net> > wrote: > > >All the characters from the several versions of EBCDIC are > in Unicode. > >It should be simple enough to map them from EBCDIC order to Unicode > >order, and back, if necessary. > > Sort order would be different - will that matter?
That was a BIG point that we made to the "convert to Windows!" people. The data in the reports would be in a different order unless they modified the SORT to rearrange the code points so that the ASCII would come out in EBCDIC order. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
