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UTF-8: Unicode Transformation Format, a 8-bit encoding form designed for
ease of use with existing ASCII-based systems. The CCSID value
for data in UTF-8 format is 1208.
UCS-2: Universal Character Set coded in 2 octets, which means that
characters are represented in 16-bits per character.
UTF-16: Unicode Transformation Format, a 16-bit encoding form designed
to provide code values for over a million characters and a superset
of UCS-2. The CCSID value for data in UTF-16 format is 1200.
With DB2 UDB Version 8, the Fixpack 2 code level will allow the creation of Unicode UTF-8
tables in any table sp ...