Character Encodings
Set the character encoding at the database level, the table level, or the column or parameter level.
For example, the default encoding for your database might be set to UTF-8 but one table in that database might explicit set the encoding to SHIFT-JIS. One column in this table might have the encoding explicitly set to ISO-8859-1 while all the other columns do not specify the encoding, so they inherit the default encoding of SHIFT-JIS from the table.
The Integration Appliance can convert from type of encoding to another during run time. For example, the orchestration might read in input data from a table with the encoding set to ISO-8859-1 and then write out that data to a column set to UTF-8.
To set character encodings:
- At the Database level - Select the encoding type from the Encoding list of the Edit Endpoint or Create Endpoint dialog box.
- At the Table level - Select the encoding type from the Encoding list in the Pick Table pane.
- At the Column level - Click on the Encoding field for the desired column in the Pick Table pane and select from the list.
Note: You must leave the encoding field blank for the
following binary Datatypes:
- Blob
- Binary
- Varbinary
To set the encoding type, choose from one of the following options:
- From the Encoding list, select a default encoding type.
- Enter your encoding type directly by clicking in the Encoding field and typing in your encoding type.
| Encoding | Description |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 | UTF-8 is a standard character encoding for Unicode or ISO-10646. Both of these standards assign a single unique number to each character used in modern languages. This is the default encoding. |
| US-ASCII | Also known as ASCII, this is the basic character encoding used on Windows and UNIX computers. |
| ISO-8859-1 | Also known as Latin1, this encoding includes ASCII plus characters for many Western European languages. |
| EBCDIC-XML-US | This is the basic character encoding used on IBM® computers. EBCDIC-US, like ASCII, is a US-based character encoding. |
| SHIFT-JIS | Also known as Katakana, specifies the Japanese
language. Note: Some double-byte characters are not converted using
the SHIFT-JIS encoding. For more information, see Using the Shift-JIS encoding.
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