UNICODE does, but not necessarily subsets of the full UNICODE. UTF-8 is a subset and UTF-16 is a subset. I am not sure about UTF-32.
So It does not surprise me that UTF-8 does not have the Hebrew alphabet. I believe (without checking the actual UNICODE description) that UTF-8 is primarily the Latin character and its derivatives (i.e. the umlaut characters and the accent characters). I think that you have to go to UTF-16 to get the Hebrew, Cyrillic and Arabic characters. I think that UTF-16 also includes most of the common Chinese and Japanese characters, but to get the full set you need UTF-32. Lloyd ----- Original Message ---- From: Steve Comstock <st...@trainersfriend.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Mon, March 26, 2012 9:18:17 AM Subject: Re: z/OS ftp and Unicode On 3/26/2012 7:12 AM, McKown, John wrote: > I don't know if this will help, but I did the following (but I don't have >anything actually in IBM-424) > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > >> ftp lih1 > Connected to lih1.uicnrh.dom. > 220-FTP 08:07:14 on 2012-03-26. > 220-This is HealthMarkets. > 220-Unauthorized access is strictly prohibited. > 220 Connection will close if idle for more than 50 minutes. > User (lih1.uicnrh.dom:(none)): tsh009 > 331 Send password please. > Password: > 230-You have successfully logged on to the LIH1 ftp server. > 230 TSH009 is logged on. Working directory is "TSH009.". > ftp> quote site sbdataconn=(IBM-424,UTF-8) > 200-Some characters cannot be translated between UTF-8 and IBM-424 Whoa! That's startling. I thought Unicode encompassed all the world's character sets; how can a character not translate? > 200 SITE command was accepted > ftp> cd /home/tsh009 > 250 HFS directory /home/tsh009 is the current working directory > ftp> get crontab.txt > 200 Port request OK. > 125-Tagged EBCDIC file translated with table built using file system >cp=IBM-1047 > , network transfer cp=UTF-8 > 125 Sending data set /home/tsh009/crontab.txt > 250 Transfer completed successfully. > ftp: 40 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 40000.00Kbytes/sec. > ftp> > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets® > > 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone • > 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® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the >insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance >Company®, Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA >Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of ??? ?? ??? >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:23 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subject: Re: z/OS ftp and Unicode >> >> I'm not sure what you mean buy CCSID, but the data is encoded >> in IBM-424 EBCDIC - Hebrew New Code. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of McKown, John >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 2:20 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >> Subject: Re: z/OS ftp and Unicode >> >> What is CCSID of the data on z/OS? By Unicode, do you mean >> UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32 on Windows? The basic command is the >> SBDATACONN >> >> http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/f1a >> 1b4b0/18.109 >> >> -- >> John McKown >> Systems Engineer IV >> IT >> >> Administrative Services Group >> >> HealthMarkets® >> >> 9151 Boulevard 26 • N. Richland Hills • TX 76010 >> (817) 255-3225 phone • >> 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® is the brand name for products underwritten >> and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, >> Inc. –The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, Mid-West >> National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA >> Life and Health Insurance Company.SM >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >>> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of ??? ?? ??? >>> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:49 AM >>> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu >>> Subject: z/OS ftp and Unicode >>> >>> Can anyone show me how to transfer a file from z/OS to >>> windows using the windows ftp client so that the resulting >>> file on windows is Unicode. >>> >>> The source file on z/OS will be EBCDIC. >>> >>> We are using z/OS v1.11. >>> >>> Unicode services are enabled on z/OS. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Gadi >>> -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-355-2752 http://www.trainersfriend.com * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! + Training your people is an excellent investment * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment for training dollars at http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
