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International Data Support (Windows)

Build Forge must be set up to support international data if you intend to display international data in the Management Console.

  • Web browsers:
    • must have the language set
    • must have the fonts you use to display data installed
  • Agents:

    Build Forge recommends using the UTF-8 character set on agent servers.

    On Windows, use the chcp command to check the code page:

    > chcp
  • All databases:

    Typically support for international data is specified when you create the database.

    The fonts you intend to use to display data must be installed. Support for the UTF-8 character set and an appropriate collation must be configured.

    Build Forge requires the use of international data (UTF-8 character sets) with the exception of Microsoft SQL Server which does not support UTF-8.

  • DB2:
    1. Set the codeset and territory. Example: CREATE DATABASE USING CODESET UTF-8 TERRITORY US (or select the appropriate codeset and territory in Control Center).
    2. Set DB2CODEPAGE=1208.
    If an existing database has data in it that you need to migrate to UTF-8, the following document can help: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.db2.udb.admin.doc/doc/t0024033.htm
  • Microsoft SQL Server (for use with Management Console on Windows only): No support for international data. Microsoft SQL Server uses UCS-2 for storing Unicode data and does not support UTF-8.
  • MySQL: Set the server character set and collation. If your installation of MySQL does not currently support international data, you can recompile it from source and use./configure -–with-charset=utf8 -–with-collation=utf8_bin. The Build Forge engine will not start if this support is not configured.
  • Oracle: Set the character set to UTF8 - Unicode 3.0 on the instance when you install it. In the Database Configuration Assistant, the setting is made on the Initialization Parameters step on the Character Sets tab.
  • Sybase (for use with Management Console on Windows only): Before creating any tables, configure the default character set to be utf8 and the default sort order to be utf8bin. Consult the Sybase documentation for your version for more details. If the database server has data on it, follow directions for data migration to utf8.