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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 10, 2025

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IBM i ACS data upload type casting

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Hi,

IBM i ACS is the replacment product for IBM i Access for windows.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/633847

In Client Access for windows, it is possible to perform data download and data upload of a CCSID37 file that contains non CCSID 37 without any typecasting.

In Access client solution for IBM i, to download a CCSID 37 that contains character not in CCSID 37, type casting can be done to fix the isssue.

However , for data upload to IBM i, the character would become gibberish if there is mismatch in CCSID .I hope that the Data upload can also have the same typecasting feature as the data download to address the issue or have the same behavior the IBM Client Access for windows had in the past.





Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Apr 22, 2025
    Thank you for submitting your Idea to enhance IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS). We have reviewed this Idea as well as the referenced Case TS018913897. IBM i Access for Windows had limited support for overriding character conversions which may be what allowed this to work in your case. For ACS, we have no plans to provide the ability to override character conversions. The data will need to be tagged correctly in order for the character conversions to work.

    IBM Power Systems Development

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