A CCSID is assigned to each source file at the time it is created on the system. You can explicitly specify the character set you want to use with the CCSID parameter of the CRTSRCPF command when you create the source physical file, or you can accept the default which is *DFTCCSID. For example, to create a source physical file with CCSID 273, type:
CRTSRCPF FILE(MYLIB/QCBLLESRC) CCSID(273)
If you accept the default, then the CCSID of the job will be assigned to the source physical file. The CCSID assigned depends on the code page being used by the iSeries machine on which the source file is created.
The default CCSID for an iSeries system is CCSID 65535. If the system's CCSID is 65535, then the CCSID assigned to the source physical file is determined by the language identifier of the job.
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