Access Service User's Guide DirectConnect for AS/400

Specifies the Coded Character Set Identifier (CCSID) or code set the client application uses when sending information to the access service.

DefaultClientCodeset=clientcodeset

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OpenServerDefault

To operate correctly, the access service requires a DefaultClientCodeset value that accurately reflects the code set of the client application.

Enter one of the following as the DefaultClientCodeset value:

The client application code set identifier.
The default setting, OpenServerDefault, which specifies that the access service uses the code set value passed in the login record. This allows each individual Open Client DB-Library or CT-Library application to specify its code set in the login record.
If the DefaultClientCodeset property value is OpenServerDefault and the client application does not specify a valid code set in the login record, Open Server populates the login record with Open Server defaults specified in the $SYBASE\locales\locales.dat file.
For a list of DefaultClientCodeset values, see Table B-11 .

When data passes from the client application to the target database, the access service converts the data from the DefaultClientCodeset to the DefaultTargetCodeset. (See "DefaultTargetCodeset" .)
If the DefaultClientCodeset value is a specific code set value (for example, 850, the code set for ASCII Latin), that code set is used for all client applications whether or not those applications specify a code set value in their login records.
The access service obtains the client application language from one of the following:
- The login record
- The locales.dat file, if the client application does not explicitly set the language
- The server DefaultServerLanguage configuration property value
For information about the DefaultServerLanguage property, see the DirectConnect Server Administration Guide.


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