Specifies the ASCII character set. The syntax is:
ASCII_CODEPAGE = n
where n is the code page number.
By default, Export assumes character data is stored in a DSNTIAUL source file using the American ASCII character set and converts it into the American EBCDIC character set by inserting it into a DSNTIAUL target file.
You can have the Export utility translate character data containing characters from any international ASCII character set to any international EBCDIC character set using the code page feature in Export. For the ASCII code page number, use the default ASCII character set for your country. ASCII to EBCDIC translation is performed using the translation table that corresponds to the specific ASCII and EBCDIC code pages. This translation table is in the TRANSTAB field of the SYSIBM.SYSSTRINGS table in the SYSTEM location.
When the Export utility uses code page options, the values entered for ASCII_CODEPAGE and EBCDIC_CODEPAGE are compared with values for INCCSID and OUTCCSID, respectively, in the system table SYSIBM.SYSSTRINGS. The matching record in the table contains the translation table used to convert XDB Server data in ASCII format to DSNTIAUL data in EBCDIC format.