Extended code page support

Starting in Rational® ClearQuest® version 7.0, there is extended code page support.
The following code page extensions are included in Rational ClearQuest versions 7.0 and later:

Starting in version 7.0, Rational ClearQuest processes data in Unicode, and its applications use the ClearQuest data code page to write to its databases. In versions of ClearQuest earlier than 7.0, data is processed by using the local character set. Even when the ClearQuest data code page does not match the local character set, ClearQuest applications can now connect to the Rational ClearQuest database in read/write mode. In previous versions, write operations were not allowed unless the local character set matched the ClearQuest data code page.

Support for additional code pages

Starting in version 7.0, Rational ClearQuest supports additional languages and locales. The product now supports the following Microsoft Windows code pages on all supported platforms:

Safe ShiftJIS is also supported. See Supported data code pages and Locales associated with supported ClearQuest data code pages for details on supported languages and locales.

Rational ClearQuest version 7.1.1 adds support for UTF-8 (8-bit Unicode Transformation Format) and data code page 65001 for the DB2® and Oracle database sets. See Supported data code pages and Locales associated with supported ClearQuest data code pages for details and limitations.

New national language support for Linux and the UNIX system

In Rational ClearQuest versions earlier than 7.0, only ASCII data can be written to ClearQuest databases and schema repositories located on the UNIX system and Linux. In Rational ClearQuest version 7.0 and later, full national language support is extended to the UNIX system and Linux. Any supported data code page can be written to databases and repositories on supported platforms.

Extended GUI support

Starting in version 7.0, options are available in ClearQuest to perform the following tasks:


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