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SCM 7.0 Upgrade without Unicode Check

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Hello Gurus,

Right now we are working in SCM 4.0 and planning to upgrade to SCM 7.0.

But we are planning to upgrade without the unicode check.

Please let me know pros and cons of upgrading without the unicode check.

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Siva.

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Pros:

1) worldwide standard is to move to unicode characters

2) ability for data to be converted in other systems/languages is improved or now exists where it may not have prior to unicode

3) stricter syntax check which in some case enforces more efficient coding

Cons:

1) existing code that was coded without unicode check will need to be reviewed/changed or syntax errors/dumps may occur

2) small learning curve for ABAPers who are used to coding specific statements who will need to learn the unicode alternatives

3) all programs in unicode system must conform to unicode checks

If you look in the ABAP forum you will see many posts of ABAPers trying to determine why existing code now produces syntax errors in unicode. Transaction UCCHECK is available to check for unicode errors in programs - it also contains some documentation. The ABAP keyword documentation contains details about specific statements and topics for unicode compatibility (ABAP and Unicode).

Andy

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