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