Conversion to Unicode

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Symptom
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* Conversion from non-Unicode to Unicode / *
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Deprecation of Java features with non-Unicode Backend

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Symptom
You want to know why communication between Java components and SAP server backend systems are only supported if the backend system is a Unicode system despite note 794411 describes how code page conversion with JCo works in case of a non-Unicode backend.
Other terms
MDMP, Single Code Page, JCo, JRFC, code page conversion
Reason and Prerequisites
Technically, [...]

Problems within non-Unicode system landscapes

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Symptom
Problems without Unicode
Other terms
Unicode, MDMP, Single code page
Reason and Prerequisites
Non-Unicode code pages support only a small portion of the world-wide existing character sets. Any character conversion based on these code pages therefore bears the risk of silent data loss.
Solution
New releases of SAP NetWeaver and SAP applications based on SAP
NetWeaver, released in 2007 or later,will [...]

Problems within non-Unicode system landscapes

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Symptom
Problems without Unicode
Other terms
Unicode, MDMP, Single code page
Reason and Prerequisites
Non-Unicode code pages support only a small portion of the world-wide existing character sets. Any character conversion based on these code pages therefore bears the risk of silent data loss.
Solution
New releases of SAP NetWeaver and SAP applications based on SAP
NetWeaver, released in 2007 or later,will [...]