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unicode problem

Former Member — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:33:04 GMT

dear all

i want to add an addition to my insert statement to force the data to be as UTF-8 coding something like

INSERT INTO ZHR_SMS VALUES GS_SMS unicode enable 'utf-8'

but i did't know the syntax the language is set to Arabic

thank you

Former Member — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:09:02 GMT

u login in english and try again. Check teh chcekbox of UNOCODE.

Former Member — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:38:56 GMT

i already logged by English but i did't found the check box of Unicode .

i also want to explain that the data is viewed in the table in the database in Arabic but when i read the oracle database i found it

not Unicode.

nils_buerckel — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:41:01 GMT

Hi,

you need to have a Unicode system if you want to use Arabic characters.

you cannot store Unicode data in a Non-Unicode ABAP system.

Therefore if you have a Non-Unicode system, you need to do a Unicode conversion.

Best regards,

Nils Buerckel