Preprocess the dataset you are trying to transfer. I wrote a utility that identify Hebrew strings (String length > 1) and reverse it. It is part of DB2 to MS-SQL data mover I wrote, but the idea is the same. If your FTP product defines a record level user exit, you can try there as well.
Best, ITschak On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 8:23 AM, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > And any program in order to do the job must be cognizant of the format, > and where the fields begin and end in the records? > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Gadi Ben-Avi > Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2018 9:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Transferring hebrew data from Db2 Z/OS to PC > > עיברית קשה שפה > > Your data is fine. > The problem is with the way Windows expects Hebrew to be stored. > > On z/OS, Hebrew is usually stored visually - the first letter in a word is > on the right. > On other platforms, including Windows, Hebrew is stored logically - the > first letter is on the left, and programs reverse the data before it is > displayed. > > This gets even more complicated when the data contains a mixture of > Hebrew, English, digits. Special characters make it even more complicated. > There are utilites to fix the data, but non are perfect. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Contiguous Monitoring for Legacy **| * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
