Code-set Conversion for Chinese

When you use Code-set Conversion for Chinese on HULFT, you can choose the following code sets:

Table 1.4 Code Sets Choosable in Code-set Conversion for Chinese

HULFT Product Name

Code Set Choosable in
Single Byte Code Conversion (*1)

Code Set Choosable in
Double Byte Code Conversion (*1)

HULFT for IBMi

EBCDIC (*2)

IBM Simplified Chinese

HULFT for Linux/AIX

GB18030

UTF-8

HULFT for NonStop

GB18030 (*3)

UTF-8 (*3)

HULFT for Windows

GB18030

UTF-8

HULFT for Container Services

GB18030

UTF-8

HULFT for Container Platform

GB18030

UTF-8

*1

:

HULFT carries out single byte code conversion and double byte code conversion.

For details on single byte codes and double byte codes, refer to the following, respectively:

*2

:

Simplified Chinese Extended is the only type of EBCDIC supported as a Chinese single byte code set.

For details, refer to Table 1.8 Types of EBCDIC.

*3

:

You can specify this code set in HULFT for NonStop, but because NonStop does not support it, operation is not guaranteed.

 

For UTF-8 and GB18030, as well as for other encodings, HULFT handles differently between single byte codes and double byte codes when performing the code conversion.

This document refers to single byte codes included in UTF-8 and GB18030 collectively as 'ASCII.'