E Globalization Settings

OracleAS Adapter for VSAM provides the globalization support for the following languages:

• Arabic

• English (the default)

• Hebrew

• Japanese

• Korean

• Simple Chinese

• Spanish

• Traditional Chinese

This appendix describes how to set up language support.

Defining the Language and Codepage

The language and codepage parameters are accessed from the computer where Oracle Studio is installed.

Using Oracle Studio, perform the following steps:

1. From the Start menu, select Start, Programs, Oracle, and then select Studio.

2. Select the computer defined in "Setting Up the IBM OS/390 or z/OS Platform in Oracle Studio".

3. Right-click NAV and select Edit Binding.

4. In the Binding Properties tab, expand the misc node.

   The Binding Properties tab is shown in the following figure:

   
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5. Enter a valid value for the language. The following language codes are valid:

   • ARA: Arabic

   • ENG: English

   • HEB: Hebrew

   • JPN: Japanese

   • KOR: Korean

   • SCHI: Simple Chinese

   • SPA: Spanish

   • TCHI: Traditional Chinese

6. Optionally, in the codepage field, specify the codepage required.

   You can skip this step, and specify a language (see the previous step). In this case, a default codepage is used. The following shows the default codepages:

   • ARA: AR8ISO8859P6

   • ENG: EBCDIC

   • HEB: IW8EBCDIC424

   • JPN: JA1616DBCS

   • KOR: KO16DBCS

   • SCHI: ZHS16DBCS

   • SPA: WE8EBCDICLATIN

   • TCHI: ZHT16DBCS