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DBCS Considerations When Using Files

If you write data to a UDB that represents a DBCS data stream, the data stream is written to the file using shift characters that depend on the DBCS mode in which your product is operating. This is determined by the SYSPARMS DBCS= operand. A system that reads that file must therefore operate in the same DBCS mode as the system that originally wrote the data, otherwise the reading system will not be able to recognize the shift characters present in the data.