$DEF_CHARSET

Specify the default character set used for storing data in String fields with C packing code.

$DEF_CHARSET {=} CharacterSet

Arguments

CharacterSet—character set supported by both the database and Uniface

Allowed Values

The allowed values for CharacterSet are listed in the Character set column of the following table.

Uniface-Supported Character Sets
Character Set	Description	Platform
CP1250	Code page 1250 for Eastern European language	Windows
CP1251	Code page 1251 for Cyrillic language	Windows
CP1252	Code page 1252 for Western European language	Windows
CP1253	Code page 1253 for Greek	Windows
CP1255	Code page 1255 for Hebrew	Windows
CP1256	Code page 1256 for Arabic	Windows
CP708	Code page 708 (7-bit) for Arabic	Windows
BIG5	Traditional Chinese character set BIG5.	Windows, Unix, Linux
GB (or GB2312)	Simplified Chinese character set GB2312-80 (code page 936)	Windows, Unix, Linux
KSC (or KSC5601)	Korean character set KSC5601-1992 (code page 949)	Windows, Unix, Linux
Shift-JIS	Japanese character set Shift-JIS ( code page 932 and 943)	Windows, Unix, Linux
EUC	Japanese character set EUC	Unix, Linux
LATIN1 (or DEC)	ISO 8859-1 for Western European languages	Unix, Linux
LATIN2	ISO 8859-2 for Eastern European languages	Unix, Linux
LATIN5	ISO 8859-5 for Cyrillic languages	Unix, Linux
LATIN6	ISO 8859-6 for Arabic	Unix, Linux
LATIN7	ISO 8859-7 for Greek	Unix, Linux
LATIN8	ISO 8859-8 for Hebrew	Unix, Linux
037	CCSID for English	iSeries
500	CCSID for English without €	Multilingual iSeries
1148	CCSID for English with €	Multilingual iSeries
870	CCSID for Easter European languages	iSeries
424	CCSID for Hebrew	iSeries
935	CCSID for Simplified Chinese	iSeries
933	CCSID for Korean	iSeries
9301 On Japanese iSeries (AS/400) only: If your database contains data that was stored using code pages 930 or 939 prior to Uniface 9.4 with R116, use codepage 930B or 939B to retain the (incorrect) way the characters \, ¥ and ¢ are stored.In R116 and 9.5, code pages 930 and 939 were changed to correctly convert these characters. The old codepages have been renamed 930B and 939B for compatiblity.	CCSID for Japanese	iSeries
939	CCSID for Japanese	iSeries
273	CCSID for German/Austrian without €	iSeries
1141	CCSID for German/Austrian with €	iSeries
280	CCSID for Italian without €	iSeries
1144	CCSID for Italian with €	iSeries
284	CCSID for Spanish without €	iSeries
1145	CCSID for Spanish with €	iSeries
297	CCSID for French without €	iSeries
1147	CCSID for French with €	iSeries
278	CCSID for Finish/Swedish without €	iSeries
1143	CCSID for Finish/Swedish with €	iSeries
AIX (or IBMRT)	IBM RT
CP437 (or IBMPC)	IBM PC code page 437, used in DOS programs
CP850	IBM PC code page 850
UTF8	Unicode

Defaults

Assignment file:	client assignment files, usys.asn
Section:	[SETTINGS]
Default value:	None

Description

The character set specified in $DEF_CHARSET is used for data storage and data validation of String fields with C packing code. You can use the ProcScript function $def_charset to test the value of $DEF_CHARSET.

If the Character Set is explicitly defined in the Database Interface of an entity, it takes precedence over $DEF_CHARSET.

The packing code of a String field can be C, W, or U. The W packing code can be switched to the C packing code by setting the Wide Character Behavior property of the entity's Database Interface to Use character set. In this case, the default character set must also be specified by $DEF_CHARSET or the Character Set property.

$DEF_CHARSET

$DEF_CHARSET = CP1252