[IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of
Charles Mills [charl...@mcn.org]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 12:19 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Invalid character in file
Well, you're right of course. I saw the original question, thought "I think 1a
is a SUB" and was goin
problems, but don't blame the quotes. They're right, at least historically
speaking.
Charles
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 6:10 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA
On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:54:56 -0700, Charles Mills wrote:
>1A is the EBCDIC sub character as @Mike says. Something is taking input in
>character set A and translating it to character set B, finding a character
>that is not in character set B, and properly substituting a 1A.
>
I believe 1A is the
en [t...@vse2pdf.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 3:23 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Invalid character in file
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
On Oct 28, 2021, at 4:54 PM, Charles Mills wrote:
>
> Apostrophe, huh? A wild guess would be that the character that is not liked
> might be a "smart quote": ’
>
> I don't think they could truly key that in but they might count cut-and-paste
> as "keying in."
+1. This is highly likely to be t
on List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf
Of Mike Schwab
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:37 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Invalid character in file
1A is the SUB for invalid characters. Apparently the 3270 emulator
(or file transfer program) is not using the standard apo
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 wrote:
>
> This is a new one for me.
>
> I have a customer that has sites in both the US and Canada. In the l
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 get
