Java - Prerequisite Unicode ?

[jan_baeteman]

Hi,

we are on SAP MySAP ERP 2004 (ECC 5.0 - NW2004 ) , with only ABAP stack activated, no JAVA stack yet. No UNICODE active , code page Latin 1; DIMP active

If we want e.g. use the Employee Self Services , we have to activate the Java Stack.

I heard from another customer that UNICODE is pre-requisite for JAVA ; Is this correct ? Where can I find documentation on this ?

We looked into OSS, PAM, Java SAP Installation Guide, but don't find prerequisites in that direction. Only some notes about MDMP, but that we don't use.

kind regards

Jan Baeteman

[desiree_matas · Accepted solution]

Hi Jan

The Java stack is always unicode, but still it is possible to add the java (unicode) add-in to a non-unicode ABAP stack.

Anyway, keep in mind that full integration between ABAP and JAVA components can be achieved only with Unicode Systems, as JAVA is based on Unicode. In non-Unicode systems there is always danger of data loss during text data transfer from the J2EE part to the ABAP part.

Regards,

Désiré

[jan_baeteman · Accepted solution]

Hi Désirée,

thanks for the answer, but where can find an list in detail of actual problems danger of data loss during text data transfer for specific application e.g. ESS ?

kind regards,

Jan