Valid For
Replicat
Description
Use the CHARMAP parameter to specify that the character mapping file overrides the character code point mapping. By enabling character set conversion for same character sets, you may encounter performance degradation.
Default
The encoding of the parameter file is operating system default character set.
Syntax
CHARMAP charmap filename
The character mapping file format is as follows:
-- Sample character mapping file.
-- Can use -- or COMMENT as comment line.
-- Can use CHARSET parameter to specify file encoding.
--
-- Source character set
SOURCECHARSET shiftjis
--
-- Target character set
TARGETCHARSET ja16euc
--
-- Character map definition by one code point.
-- left hand is source and right hand target code point.
\xa2c1 \x89\xa2\xb7 -- override \xa2c1 to \x89\xa2\xb7
--
-- Character map definition by range. Number of source and target characters must be the same.
\x61 - \x7a \x41 - \x5a
Example
In the following example, the character map definition is given using a character mapping text file:
CHARMAP charmapdesc.txt
REPLACEBADCHAR FORCECHECK
This enables strict character set conversion and check code point even if the source and target are the same.
Add the following to your character mapping file:
SOURCECHARSET windows-932
TARGETCHARSET windows-932
\x61 - \x7a \x41 - \x5a