Falk Langhammer wrote: > > > I don't think that this is a very good idea, because > unicode is twice > > the size (2 byte) as ASCII. For the system tables this > might not be a > > problem, but as soon as you store a large amount of data > you might run > > into size problems. I find performance and efficiency more > important in > > real life applications than the ease of the configuration task. > > Arne > > I agree. > Especially with the fact that keys are limited to 254 > characters or 126 > unicode characters. > 126 is way too short for many key columns out there (think of > filenames > etc.) > .....
I do not know where your info about keylength is from. But SAP DB as we know it with 7.3 / 7.4 is able to handle keys of up to 1024 bytes --> up to char (511) UNICODE. please see the restrictions of SAP DB http://www.sapdb.org/htmhelp/98/329d6448bf11d3a98200a0c9449261/frameset.htm Elke SAP Labs Berlin _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
