Unicode conversion, blended codepages etc

[Former Member]

Hello.

We have a ERP 6.0 single-codepage system on Windows/Oracle.

The current system codepage is ISO8859-1 (SAP Codepage 1100), which is fine cause we currently only use Latin-1 languages.

However a new project implementation requires installation of Polish language (ISO8859-2)(SAP Codepage 1401).

As i see it we have three choices: MDMP, SAP blended codepage 6100 or Unicode conversion.

Obviously we wish to follow SAP's recommendations and do a unicode conversion, but i would like some feedback on whether my assumptions are correct ?

Thank you in advance.

Gerhard.

[Former Member]

Gerhard,

Unfortunately, the only option available is the conversion to Unicode. With NW7.0, SAP no longer supports MDMP or the blended code pages (at least not according to the OSS notes on the subject).

Regards,

Phil

[markus_doehr2]

Yes, they are.

MDMP is a proprietary technology that uses the user context and the logon language herein to determine the codepage. It has limitations but it was the only way for systems before Unicode.

A single codepage system conversion to Unicode is pretty straightforward, I'd do that BEFORE you install Polish (or any other non-Latin-1 language).

Markus