The CCSVERSION option enables the user to localize a database at the data set level. When the ccsversion is designated at this level, every alpha item in the data set is assumed to have the same ccsversion.

This option is very useful for localizing a data set in a database that has not been localized. Using this option, the user can migrate selected data sets in a database, or the user can migrate selected logical databases.

The value assigned to the CCSVERSION option must be compatible with the coded character set in use on the system. At run time, the ccsversion must be supported on the system; otherwise, an open error (OPENERROR) is issued.

Designating ASERIESNATIVE as the CCSVERSION option is the same as not specifying a CCSVERSION option.

The following is an example of DASDL syntax that includes the CCSVERSION data set physical option:

D2 DATA SET
 (D2-ID1    REAL;
  D2-ID2    ALPHA (10);   % ALL THREE
  D2-ID3    ALPHA (10);   % ITEMS HAVE
  D2-ID4    ALPHA (10);   % IMPLICIT
 ) CCSVERSION = FRANCE;   % CCSVERSION
                          % FRENCH
S21 SET OF D2
 KEY IS D2-ID2; % LOGICAL COMPARISON BY DEFAULT
S22 SET OF D2
 KEY IS D2-ID3 LOGICAL;
S23 SET OF D2
 KEY IS D2-ID3 LOGICAL COMPARISON;