Setting Code Attribute UNICODE 

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

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, meaning that the column values are not converted by the database system

See also:

Reference Manual: SAP DB 7.2 and 7.3 ® Concepts ® Code Attribute

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