Dear Mike, No experience in SB+, only in UV
Look into the documentation on NLS 1) Date - does the date display / entry need to be localized. 2) Multi-byte characters - printing will be an issue that need to be tested throughly. Using command like PRINT MYCHAR 'L#10' will NOT align the multi-byte characters correctly, need to use command PRINT FMTDP(MYCHAR,'L#10'). I think there is a patch from IBM on this issue (VLIST ???) - Storing of data: you can store the data in either ASCII or UNICODE but if you need to access the data in HP-UX (e.g. &HOLD& file), you need to store it in ASCII (with relevant file map table) - Command like LEN will return the number of characters instead number of character that take up spaces. If an issue, then need to change to LENDP. - Indexing: if you need to index multi-byte characters, your file mapping must be NONE (no file mapping) , otherwise the index on the multi-byte character field will be wrong. In addition, certain UV commands might not behave as documented. - RESIZE: will not work on file with NLS map. - ACCOUNT.FILE.STATS: will not report the file stats correctly due to additional line in command ANALYZE.FILE. Need to change program BP ACCT.STAT.B to ignore the additional line. HTH, js -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Farrant My environment: Unix Version HP-UX B.11.11 Universe Version 9.6.1.6 SB+ Version 3.4.0/7 My Question: How 'international' is my environment? Our business is likely to roll out to Eastern Europe, Russia perhaps and even places like Turkey and Isreal. To my knowledge I think HP-UX can cope with the different characters used by at least some of these countries, but what about Universe & SB+? Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks in advance, Mike Farrant ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
