Terminal Support (Termchar Sets)
A termchar set is a character set that maps terminal-specific codes to the ASCII code or EBCDIC code.
Within the database system, ASCII code, EBCDIC code and UNICODE code are used. As the ASCII code and EBCDIC code contain characters that have a different hexadecimal display on some terminals, you can use the TERMCHAR SET keywords to define terminal character sets that allow conversion between the terminal display of a character and the code used in the database system during input and output. In the case of CONNECT statements, one of the defined terminal character sets can be selected, and is then used for conversion in the database session. If a terminal character set is not selected, or an unsuitable one is selected, this may mean that characters that are contain in and are to be issued from the database system do not appear correctly on the terminal.
The database system is supplied with termchar sets GERMAN, IBM437_GER and USASCII_GER.
With the Database Manager, you can create, display, change, or delete termchar sets (Database Manager GUI: SAP DB 7.3 ® Creating a New Database Instance ®
See also:
Reference Manual: SAP DB 7.2 and 7.3
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