Re: utf-8 and length

[Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

HTTPAPI does not currently support double-byte EBCDIC characters.  It 
assumes that every EBCDIC character is exactly one byte long.

I've never worked in an environment where double-byte characters are used. 
I've never been trained in how to use them.  I don't have access to a 
double-byte character system to test the code, even if I had a clue how to 
write it. :)

This leaves you with two choices:

a) You can call HTTP_url_post_raw2(), which does absolutely no 
translation, and do all of the translation and XML parsing yourself.

b) You can change CCSIDR4 to support double-byte EBCDIC, and change 
everything that calls it, test it, and contribute it back to the project.

-- 
Scott Klement  http://www.scottklement.com


On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Shahar Mor wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am using HTTPAPI to call webservices from RPG , it works very well and 
> fast with several services. recently Encountered an issue with UT8 and 
> non english characters as followes:
>
> say my ebcdic string is abb*** (where * = character that is double byte 
> in utf-8) this is 6 bytes
>
> my utf-8 string will become 9 bytes (the * will become 2 character for 
> each *)
>
> however post_xml will calculate string as 6 bytes and not 9 bytes thus 
> truncating my message and creating invalid xml document.
>
> I think we need to update the code and let it calculate actual length 
> after conversion, but not sure.
>
>
> Can someone smarter then myself take alook at it ?
>
>
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