A Host CCSID attribute can be applied at the Data Description level. Each column in a Host Column Description (HCD) file can have a Host CCSID attribute that determines how the character data in the column is to be converted. These attributes in the HCD file at the Data Description level should be configured using the SNA OLE DB Management Console snap-in. Valid values are any CCSID including 65535.
The Host CCSID attribute at the column Data Description level can be any value and may be empty. A Host CCSID value at the Data Description level overrides the value specified at the Data Source and OLE DB Provider levels. If the Host CCSID is blank, then the value for Host CCSID defaults to the value at the Data Source level. If the Host CCSID attribute is set to 65535, then no character conversion will occur (the data will be treated as binary).