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Procedure documentation Setting Code Attribute UNICODE Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

To be able to store the application data in UNICODE, the database must be UNICODE-enabled and you must set the code attribute UNICODE for the required application data (Installing a UNICODE-Enabled Database). You can set the code attribute in the following ways:

·        Database parameter DEFAULT_CODE is not set to value UNICODE:

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¡        If you specify the code attribute UNICODE in the column definition, then the application data is stored in UNICODE, only for this column.

¡        If you do not enter a code attribute, the code entered in the parameter DEFAULT_CODE is used for these column values.

·        Database parameter DEFAULT_CODE is set to value UNICODE:

If you do not specify a code attribute or specify the code attribute UNICODE in the column definition, then the application data is stored in UNICODE for this column.

¡        If you specify a different code attribute, the data is stored using this code attribute.

Example

Database parameter DEFAULT_CODE is set to value UNICODE.

Column definition

Result

CHAR (n) UNICODE

UNICODE column

CHAR (n)

UNICODE column

CHAR (n) ASCII

ASCII column

CHAR (n) BYTE

Code neutral, that is, the column values are not converted by the database system

For information on setting database parameters, see the following documentation:

·        Database Manager GUI: SAP DB 7.4, Displaying and Changing Database Parameters

·        Database Manager CLI: SAP DB 7.4, Changing the Value of a Database Parameter

 

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