1A is the SUB for invalid characters. Apparently the 3270 emulator (or file transfer program) is not using the standard apostrophe character.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 8:24 PM Tony Thigpen <t...@vse2pdf.com> wrote: > > This is a new one for me. > > I have a customer that has sites in both the US and Canada. In the last > week, something strange has happened in their files TWICE. > > They are using CICS to add a new vendor to an IMS database. The next > time they try to access the vendor record, the terminal session gets a > prog-something because the customer name now has a x'1A' in the name > where it should have been an apostrophe. TN3270 just does not like a > x'1A' in a data field. > > For example: > GROUT.S WELDING LIMITED > CDDEE1E4ECDCCDC4DCDCECC44 > 79643A2065349570394935400 > > I asked if they are creating new vendor records via an off-platform > feed, but they say the are keying them manually in a CICS terminal session. > > I do know that both times this has happened, the vendor was a Canadian > supplier so maybe this has something to do with French keyboards? > (Grasping for straws, maybe?) > > Anybody seen this or think they may know what is happening? > > > Tony Thigpen > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
