RE: [sap-basis] Difference between Single code page & MDMP
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 | Posted by Lars-Erik Hallsten (CEO & Senior Consultant) on Aug 11 at 5:28 PM |  Mark as helpful |
Hi,
The migration from MDMP to unicode is not that messy. Just export the
database with only one codepage, then install it into a single codepage
system, then perform a normal unicode conversion.
Regards,
LEH
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Sent: 11. august 2009 22:41
To: Lars-Erik Hallsten
Subject: RE:[sap-basis] Difference between Single code page & MDMP
Posted by Nic Harvard (Principal
Consultant)
on Aug 11 at 4:42 PM
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Also, if you ever implemented MDMP, your upgrade to unicode is going to be a
whole bunch more painful.:(
Single code page is basically "one language" - or at least, one alphabeti
spagetti set - western EU or similar.
MDMP was a "bubblegum and duct-tape" solution before SAP went unicode, and
like all such, tends to make your life harder in the long run.
Unicode is the way you want to go - the main overheads are in DB space,
which is cheap - because it need to use double-byte per character, to
accomodate potential katakana (eg) characters or similar.
If you really want to research this, you will be dumbstruck by the number of
different alphabets and scripts used today in the real world. And thank your
lucky stars SAP has not been around long enough to translate from ancient
minoan, nor does it support chinese ideographic translation yet:)
__.____._ The migration from MDMP to unicode is not that messy. Just export the
database with only one codepage, then install it into a single codepage
system, then perform a normal unicode conversion.
Regards,
LEH
From: Nic Harvard via sap-basis [mailto:sap-basis@Groups.ITtoolbox.com]
Sent: 11. august 2009 22:41
To: Lars-Erik Hallsten
Subject: RE:[sap-basis] Difference between Single code page & MDMP
Posted by Nic Harvard (Principal
Consultant)
on Aug 11 at 4:42 PM
<http://it.toolbox.com/api/ContentVote/2926616/1/1/> Mark this reply as
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Also, if you ever implemented MDMP, your upgrade to unicode is going to be a
whole bunch more painful.:(
Single code page is basically "one language" - or at least, one alphabeti
spagetti set - western EU or similar.
MDMP was a "bubblegum and duct-tape" solution before SAP went unicode, and
like all such, tends to make your life harder in the long run.
Unicode is the way you want to go - the main overheads are in DB space,
which is cheap - because it need to use double-byte per character, to
accomodate potential katakana (eg) characters or similar.
If you really want to research this, you will be dumbstruck by the number of
different alphabets and scripts used today in the real world. And thank your
lucky stars SAP has not been around long enough to translate from ancient
minoan, nor does it support chinese ideographic translation yet:)
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