The conversion section contains entries that describe how conversion to a particular character set should take place. Conversion section entries can indicate either table-driven or algorithm-driven conversion.
Table-driven entries have the following form:
[conversion]
convertto = dest_charset, table, mode, replacement_char
where:
dest_charset is the name of the destination character set.
The comma (,) is the list separator character for the file.
table is a keyword that indicates that the conversion is table-driven.
mode is the conversion mode to use. It applies to table-driver conversions only. The valid values are:
MATCH
BESTGUESS
MNEMONIC
See Table C-1 for a complete description of each mode.
replacement_character is a hexadecimal (without the “0x” prefix) encoding of the destination replacement character to use during MATCH and BESTGUESS mode conversions.
Algorithm-driven entries have the following form:
[conversion]
convertto = dest_charset, sys_algorithm, multiplier
where:
dest_charset is the name of the destination character set.
The comma (,) is the list separator character for the file.
sys_algorithm is a keyword that indicates that the conversion uses a standard Open Client and Open Server conversion algorithm.
multiplier is an integer value representing the conversion multiplier for the conversion. This value indicates the maximum amount that strings may increase in length during conversion.
