Drawbacks of SAP Character Numbers

• 5 digit SAP Character Numbers no longer sufficient
• No SAP Character Numbers for double-byte Languages
• Proprietary standard
• Incompatible with Unicode enablement of mySAP.com

As of Web AS 6.10 all code pages are defined using Unicode Scalar Values. This change is valid for both Unicode and non-Unicode Systems

View the Manual on Unicode Based Code Pages(PDF).

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