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DBCSTYPE

DBCSTYPE



Specifies a double-byte character set (DBCS) encoding method

Default PCIBM
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation
Windows specifics: Valid values


Syntax
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Syntax

-DBCSTYPE encoding-method

encoding-method
Under Windows, the valid values are as follows:
PCIBM specifies the IBM PC DBCS encoding method.
PCMS specifies the Microsoft PC DBCS encoding method.
SJIS specifies the Shift-JIS DBCS encoding method. (Valid only if DBCSLANG=JAPANESE) .


Details

The DBCSTYPE system options allows you to specify which DBCS encoding method to use. If an invalid encoding method is specified, the default value is used.

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