Creating TermChar Sets (SAP Library - Database Manager GUI: SAP DB 7.3)

Creating TermChar Sets

Procedure

Select Instance ® Configuration ® TermChar Sets.

Choose TermChar Sets ® New

Define a name for the new TermChar set.

Select the code type you wish to use for the conversion (ASCII code to ISO 8859/1.2 or EBCDIC code to CCSID 500, code page 500).

Select whether the new TermChar set is to be made available to the database instance.

Define the conversions for the characters required. Each one-byte character to be converted must be specified in its original form and in the target form with a maximum length of two bytes.

Name	Name of TermChar set (name must not be more than 18 bytes long)
Code type	The code underlying the character set Valid codes are ASCII code in line with ISO 8859/1.2 or EBCDIC code CCSID 500, code page 500.
Enabled	If you check this field, the TermChar set selected will become available to the database instance at the next restart.
Internal	Original form (hexadecimal)
External	Target form (hexadecimal)
Comment	Target form as a printable character

Choose Save to save your entries.
The new or changed definition of the TermChar set will not be saved to the parameter file until the next time the database instance is started (restart).

Example

In German-speaking countries TermChar sets are needed for displaying umlauts, for example.
If you are using the character-oriented applications Precompiler or Replication Manager and want to display umlauts, select IBM437_GER and check the Enabled field. This enables the TermChar set selected. It will be available to the database instance at the next restart. By setting the environment variables in the appropriate way you can specify this TermChar set as a default value for your current terminal.