Ensuring characters in existing database sets are supported in a Rational ClearQuest data code page

If you are using Rational® ClearQuest® for the first time with version 7.0, the GUI-based tools provide all the support to set up and manageˋ data code pages for your schema repositories.

Also, for many previous users of Rational ClearQuest whose data code pages were set to US-ASCII because of product limitations, the GUI is now sufficient to provide all required code page functionality.

In many cases, databases created using Rational ClearQuest 2003.06.xx are compatible with version 7.0—see IBM Rational ClearQuest and ClearQuest MultiSite Installation and Upgrade Guide. In such a case, no action is required. However it is good practice to validate the database set using the codepageutil utility to ensure that all existing data is compatible with the new data code page.

But some Rational ClearQuest environments will inevitably include data that must be converted before it can be used in a version 7.0 environment. To convert your data, you must do the following:


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