Difference between Single page and Multiple page systems

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are having an version upgrade from SAP 4.6 to ECC 6.0. For that we might need to have unicode conversion. While surfing for related documents in the net I found that unicode conversion is mandatory for Multiple code page system but is optional for Single code page system.

Now,

1. I would like to know exactly what is a Multiple code page system and Single code page system?

2. Is the above statement ' unicode conversion is mandatory for Multiple code page system but is optional for Single code page system' correct?

Thanks in advance expecting a fast response.

[Former Member]

I think single code page systems are those where business data are stored /exchanged in only one language. Hence one code page would suffice coz data will always be exchanged between processes in same format.

However there are scenarios where business data in different languages may be required to integrate. Say you are receiving data from an external system in Japanese language. If your system employes a single code page, the such data would get corrupted as it wont be able to interpret the japanese symbols.. Hence for such cases multiple code pages are required. And as such..the unicode standard.

You can find a more detailed document [here|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c04a2261-640b-2a10-1f95-d307bfa7258c]

~Piyush Patil

[Former Member]

Hi Piyush,

Thanks for your clarification. But it seems from the document that you sent, that (Unicode conversion in multiple code page systems is required for all SAP systems be it 4.6, 4.7 or ECC).

I would like to know if there is any feature in ECC 6.0 for unicode conversion which was not there in the earlier versions.

Thanks once again.