Converting EBCDIC data

[shvdw]

Hi,

I have a problem like this:-
1. I receive flat EBCDIC files from mainframe into EGate
2. Need to transform this in EGate and load it into DB2 tables on mainframe.

I believe that the EBCDIC data has to be converted into ASCII before doing transformation. But the Double Byte characters will be lost during this.

1.Could anyone please suggest a way to preserve the double byte characters during transformation and load into DB2?
2.Any Java function available for this kind of conversion?

Many Thanks

Joseph