COBOL or Java, but what about the OP's PL/I? Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Walt Farrell Sent: Monday, September 4, 2017 4:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: UTF-8 woes on z/OS, a solution - comments invited Have you considered transferring it to z/OS in binary, rather than converting to EBCDIC. Then just process it in its UNICODE format, which either Java or Enterprise COBOL should be able to handle (Java by default, COBOL with appropriate UNICODE specifications). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN