Avoiding data conversion

Application design can reduce the amount of data conversion.

For example, if a System/390® CICS system acts as a file manager for CICS® Transaction Server for Windows systems, the data in the file can be coded in ASCII, eliminating the need for data conversion.

If data is held at the workstation purely for the purpose of communicating with a System/390 CICS system, it can be coded in EBCDIC.

Related concepts
Where data conversion takes place
Function shipping and DPL
Distributed transaction processing
Transaction routing
Types of conversion
Character data
Binary data
The conversion process
User-defined conversion tables
Example macros
The user-replaceable conversion program
Related tasks
Resource definition to enable data conversion
Defining the conversion table
Assembling and link-editing the conversion programs
Related reference
Where data conversion takes place
Character data
Defining the conversion table
The user-replaceable conversion program
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