UNICODE

This option specifies that UNLOAD PLUS uses the Db2 installation default (DSNHDECP) CCSIDs to encode the unloaded data in Unicode.

Related topic

Basic processing options

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For information about data translation, see Data translation.

For an example of unloading data from an EBCDIC table space using a Unicode encoding scheme (specified using the UNICODE keyword), see Example 18 — Unloading a table space and unloading data as Unicode.

Restrictions

Note the following restrictions when using the UNICODE option:

  • When DIRECT YES is in effect, UNLOAD PLUS supports only UTF-8 (CCSID 1208) encoding.
  • UNLOAD PLUS terminates if you also specify any of the following options:
    • When DIRECT YES is in effect, FORMAT XML
    • When DIRECT NO is in effect:
      • FORMAT BMCLOAD
      • FORMAT DSNTIAUL
      • FORMAT INTERNAL
      • FORMAT XML

  

 

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