I just found out needing that feature installed to be able to use regexp in SQL just this weekend.
Found we didn't have it installed on one of our servers when I tried an SQL with a regexp in it and the error reported that a service program was missing or the QICU library was not installed.
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Scott Schollenberger
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon August 25, 2025 10:09 AM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: How can I tell if 5770SS1-39 "International Components for Unicode" is still used?
Thank you. That helps. Guess I'll keep it.
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Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne
Original Message:
Sent: Mon August 25, 2025 09:16 AM
From: Krister Karlsson
Subject: How can I tell if 5770SS1-39 "International Components for Unicode" is still used?
Hi Robert,
I am not sure how to tell if 5770SS1-39 is in use, but I know you need it if you doing SQL with regexp and this includes some of the IBM i SQL services, like the IFS_PATH scalar function: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5.0?topic=services-ifs-path-scalar-function
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Krister Karlsson
IBM i System Administrator
Crosskey
Stockholm
Original Message:
Sent: Mon August 25, 2025 08:31 AM
From: Robert Berendt
Subject: How can I tell if 5770SS1-39 "International Components for Unicode" is still used?
How can I tell if 5770SS1-39 "International Components for Unicode" is still used?
It's really dated. It has several CVE's out against it which IBM has no intention of resolving. Security Bulletin: IBM i is affected by multiple vulnerabilities in International Components for Unicode (ICU) option 39 [CVE-2017-14952 CVE-2011-4599 CVE-2017-17484].
I'd like to remove it if it is not used.
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Robert Berendt IBMChampion
Business Systems Analyst, Lead
Dekko
Fort Wayne
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