Creating file in Unicode

mydsworld · Post by **mydsworld** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:01 am

I am trying to generate a flat file in Unicode format.I made the following change in the Sequential file stage.

1. Set NLS Code page : UTF-16
2. Set char/varchar column extended property 'Unicode'.

But the file is generated with strange characters like this (when I view in Notepad)

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:41 am

Like... what?

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:04 am

I think 'strange characters' are allowed under UniCode. What are the hex values? Use a (free) hex editor or 'od -h' on the UNIX side to find out. What kind of data are you encoding?

mydsworld · Post by **mydsworld** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:16 am

The problem is that I need to use the file as SAP BAPI Input and those strange characters are not accepted in BAPI stage.However BAPI stage expects input file in Unicode.