Unicode Conversion Error

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shaimil
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Unicode Conversion Error

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Can anyone tell me what causes a Unicode Conversion Error.

I'm simply taking data from a flat file and loading it into SQL Server. The data contains a mixture of data types.

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Hi Shay,
Are you using Parellel jobs?

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Post by ray.wurlod »

Usually that error stems from having an incorrectly specified Unicode map when running DataStage with NLS enabled.

Another possibility is that the SQL Server data type is NVARCHAR or NCHAR and you're feeding it a character that it can't map using Microsoft's idea of a Unicode map.
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