Neoview Character Sets Administrator's Guide (R2.3)
How Character Encoding Is Implemented on the Neoview Loader
• Because the Neoview Loader does not perform character set translation (with its pass-through
flag is always set to ON), the character data in any input file for the Neoview Loader must
use the same encoding as is required for database encoding.
• You must enable the loader's pass-through mode flag to load UTF8 files into ISO88591
columns.
Table C-3 (page 47) provides guidelines for setting the value for the cSetConversion (-cc)
argument from gcmd for each of the Neoview character set configurations. A value of Y specifies
character set conversion. A value of N specifies no character set conversion.
Table C-3 Setting the Conversion of Input Data for the Neoview Loader
Unicode ConfigurationSJIS ConfigurationISO88591 Configuration
• Set the value of cSetConversion to
N for UTF8-encoded input data sent
to UCS2 columns.
• Set the value of cSetConversion to
Y for UTF8-encoded input data sent
to ISO88591 columns.
Set the value of cSetConversion to N
for SJIS-encoded input data.
Set the value of cSetConversion to N
for input data received when the
ISO88591 configuration is used.
For information about input file encoding features of the Neoview Loader for this Neoview
release, see “Neoview Loader” (page 31).
How Character Encoding Is Implemented on the Neoview ODBC Driver
for Windows
The Neoview ODBC driver for Windows loads a separate translation DLL to perform translations
on character data sent through the driver.
Table C-4 (page 47) describes the translation behavior of the Neoview ODBC driver for Windows
for the three Neoview character set configurations.
Table C-4 Character Set Translation Behavior of the Neoview ODBC Driver for Windows
Unicode ConfigurationSJIS ConfigurationISO88591 Configuration
Pass-through mode is always disabled
and translation is active.
Pass-through mode is always
disabled and translation is active.
Pass-through mode is enabled and
translation is not active.
How Character Encoding Is Implemented on the Neoview ODBC Driver
for UNIX
The Neoview ODBC driver for UNIX uses the Neoview ODBC driver translation, which is bound
to the driver, to perform translations on character data sent through the driver.
Table C-5 (page 47) describes the translation behavior of the Neoview ODBC driver for UNIX
for the three Neoview character set configurations.
Table C-5 Character Set Translation Behavior of the Neoview ODBC Driver for UNIX
Unicode ConfigurationSJIS ConfigurationISO88591 Configuration
Pass-through mode is always disabled
and translation is active.
Pass-through mode is always
disabled and translation is active.
Pass-through mode is enabled and
translation is not active.
Table C-6 (page 48) identifies and describes the attributes used to configure character set
translation on the Neoview ODBC driver for UNIX.
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