Hi, _UNICODE has to be set to YES to allow UNICODE-data in the database
The default-value of _UNICODE was not changed in 7.5-versions. It is NO. To influence the problem with the output too long, some help of clients (which kind of client do you use?) and/or a server-version 7.6 would be needed Elke SAP Labs Berlin Sitz der Gesellschaft/Registered Office: Walldorf, Germany Vorstand/SAP Executive Board: Henning Kagermann (Sprecher/CEO), Shai Agassi, Léo Apotheker, Werner Brandt, Claus Heinrich, Gerhard Oswald, Peter Zencke Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats/Chairperson of the SAP Supervisory Board: Hasso Plattner Registergericht/Commercial Register Mannheim No HRB 350269 Diese E-Mail kann Betriebs- oder Geschäftsgeheimnisse oder sonstige vertrauliche Informationen enthalten. Sollten Sie diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, ist Ihnen eine Kenntnisnahme des Inhalts, eine Vervielfältigung oder Weitergabe der E-Mail ausdrücklich untersagt. Bitte benachrichtigen Sie uns und vernichten Sie die empfangene E-Mail. Vielen Dank. This e-mail may contain trade secrets or privileged, undisclosed, or otherwise confidential information. If you have received this e-mail in error, you are hereby notified that any review, copying, or distribution of it is strictly prohibited. Please inform us immediately and destroy the original transmittal. Thank you for your cooperation. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerd König [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Dienstag, 31. Juli 2007 09:30 > To: maxdb@lists.mysql.com > Subject: [LIKELY JUNK]_UNICODE and DEFAULT_CODE > > Hi, > > how do the parameters "_UNICODE" and "DEFAULT_CODE" influence > each other ? > The problem is, that we want to have _UNICODE=NO (otherwise we get > OUTPUT column too long error), and the default code for > character data = > UNICODE (or at least in some tables we want to have unicode character > data to be stored (varchar(xyz) UNICODE) ) > But this is not possible because DBM-Gui offers doesn't accept UNICODE > for default_code while _UNICODE is set to NO. > > Does this _UNICODE=NO disable unicode support in general for the whole > database ? > And why has the default setting of _UNICODE changed in recent versions > from "NO" to "YES" ? > > currently we're running MaxDB 7.5.0.44 both linux and win2k3server > > thanks in advance..GERD.. > > -- > MaxDB Discussion Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]