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gupta · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 15

Hi All,

We are facing the follwing problems in MQ read process.

A set of message will be written by a JAVA component to MQ. The written data will be read and validated for further processing. The message written in MQ is string format of fixed width (FB format).

The program is able to read and validate the message for normal data.
When the message contains special character, the data that is received is an invalid one.

Example :

kolusu · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:36 am Post subject:

gupta,

what is the codepage you are using ? The conversion of data to or from either UTF-8 or UTF-16 and EBCDIC and ASCII codepages. The CCSID for UTF8 is 1208

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gupta · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 15

Kolusu,

I am new to this process. It will be helpful if you can explain to me what is CCSID.

Is this something related tp mainfrmae MQ settings or this a parameter which has to be set while reading the data from the MQ in the COBOL program.

If this related to setting can help me where i have to see it.

If this something which has to be set while sending the message. Please let me know where i have to set this.

Many thanks,
Gupta

gupta · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 15

Kolusu,

One more thing when the data is put in some xml tag, we receive the data properly. Any thoughts on tht.

Thanks,
Gupta

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:28 am Post subject:

'receiving the data properly' - with or without the xml tags?
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gupta · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 15

Dick Brenholtz

I am receiving the data properly when it comes in XML tag

Gupta

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:58 am Post subject:

my original question was 'do you receive the tags within the data received from the queue?'

but a more important question now is:

is there more than one source
for the data
that is written to the queue
that you read?
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kolusu · Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:27 am Post subject:

gupta,

Check this link

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27005729

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gupta · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 15

Kolusu,

Thanks for the information. As of now i haven't tried it. I will let you know once i am done.

Thanks,
Gupta

gupta · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 15

Kolusu,

The fix worked. As you have said, the CCSID was sent wrongly.

Thanks a lot.
Gupta

gupta · Beginner Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 Topics: 15

Kolusu,

The issue is coming now again for SPECIAL char.

Initially, when the issue got solved we tried to send the data to mainframe MQ directly. But when we use JMS to send the data, the Mainfrmae is not able to identify the special character. It is multipling the special character.

Example:

JMS ---> Mainfrmae MQ ---> COBOL to read the data.

JMS is writing data in UTF-8 format and data displays correctly

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject:

Your best bet is the link that Kolusu has sent in the above post.

Alternatively, you might want to check if some sort of data conversion exit is working on the mainframe queue manager.
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