Re:

["Justin Kiteley" <justin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sender: "Justin Kiteley" <justin@xxxxxxxxxx>

LOL!  I'm in the FTP help right now!
Your suggestion sounds good.

Justin



----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Klement" <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 12:17 PM
Subject: Re:


> Sender: Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> I hate to reply to my own messages, but... :)
>
> On Fri, 18 May 2001, Scott Klement wrote:
> > >
> > > 2)  Isn't there a standard ASCII codepage?  codepage 819 maybe?
> >
> > All the code pages are standard.   For example, the codepage normally
> > used in MS-DOS is codepage 437.   Codepage 819 is another ASCII
codepage,
> > also standard.   IF you live in Italy, there's another codepage which
> > might be your standard...
> >
> > So we could just pick one (If we do that I'd pick 437) or we could give
> > an option in the FTPAPI somehow to allow the user to pick which codepage
> > to translate to... which might be a feature...
> >
> [SNIP]
> > Perhaps what I SHOULD do is see what IBM's doing in their FTP client...
:)
> >
>
> This is from the help text of OS/400's FTP command:
>
>                         Start TCP/IP File Transfer (FTP)
>
>
............................................................................
..
>  :               Coded character set identifier (CCSID) - Help
> :
>  :
> :
>  :  Specifies the ASCII coded character set identifier (CCSID) that is
> used   :
>  :  for single-byte character set (SBCS) ASCII file transfers when the FTP
> :
>  :  TYPE mode is set to ASCII.  ASCII file transfers are also assumed when
> :
>  :  no TYPE subcommand has been issued.  The CCSID value chosen is the
> :
>  :  default used by the FTP client for ASCII-to-EBCDIC and EBCDIC-to-ASCII
> :
>  :  mapping.  Mapping is determined using the specified ASCII CCSID and
> the   :
>  :  EBCDIC CCSID of the job.
> :
>  :
> :
>  :  Outgoing and incoming mapping can be done optionally with mapping
> tables  :
>  :  defined in the TBLFTPOUT and TBLFTPIN parameters.  Normally the
> :
>  :  TBLFTPOUT and TBLFTPIN parameters are set to the default of *CCSID or
> :
>  :  *DFT.  Both parameters indicate that the value used in the CCSID
> :
>  :  parameter is used for mapping.  If a mapping table is to be used for
> :
>  :  outgoing mapping, a table object can be specified in the TBLFTPOUT
> :
>  :  parameter.  The table object specified in the TBLFTPOUT parameter is
> :
> :  used instead of the CCSID value.
> :
>  :
> :
>  :  Incoming mapping can be changed to use a mapping table by specifying a
> :
>  :  table object in the TBLFTPIN parameter.  This mapping table overrides
> :
>  :  the specified CCSID value and is used for incoming mapping.
> :
>  :
> :
>  :  Double-byte character set (DBCS) CCSID values are not permitted for
> this  :
>  :  parameter. DBCS values can be specified using the TYPE subcommand.
> :
>  :
> :
>  :      Note:  IBM includes mapping support in FTP to ensure compatibility
> :
>  :      with releases prior to V3R1.  Use of mapping tables for incoming
> :
>  :      TYPE A file transfers results in the loss of CCSID tagging if the
> :
>  :      target file must be created.  IBM strongly recommends that you use
> :
>  :      CCSID support for normal operations.
> :
>  :  The possible values are:
> :
>  :
> :
>  :  *DFT
> :
>  :      The CCSID value 00819 (ISO 8859-1 8-bit ASCII) is used.
> :
>  :
> :
>  :  CCSID-value
> :
>  :      The requested CCSID value is used.  This value is validated to
> :
>  :      ensure a valid SBCS CCSID was requested.
> :
>  :
> :
>  :      The TBLFTPOUT and TBLFTPIN parameters are used to specify
> :
>  :      user-defined incoming and outgoing mapping tables. The
> user-defined   :
>  :      mapping tables replace the mapping done by the FTP client when the
> :
>  :      CCSID parameter is specified.
> :
>  :
>
>
> So... it looks like unless you specify the codepage at the command-line,
> IBM defaults it to 819.   So, I propose that we set a default of 819 to
> match this -- and have an ftp_ccsid() procedure to allow the programmer
> to override.
>
> Your comments/input are certainly welcomed...
>
>
>
>
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