General Tab

The General tab includes general information about the DBMS within which the Optim™ Directory is stored. This information includes the DBMS type, version, and code page, and whether the Optim Directory data is kept in Unicode or multi-byte format.

Example of the General tab on the Optim Directory Editor

DBMS Type and Version

Type and version of the DBMS for the database within which the Optim Directory is stored.

Code Page

You can select the code page for the specified DBMS, however Optim can generally ascertain the proper code page from the database. Supported code pages are:

437
U.S. English
850
International Multilingual
860
Portuguese
863
Canadian, French
865
Nordic
1250
Eastern European
1251
Cyrillic
1252
U.S./Western European ANSI or Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
1253
Greek
1254
Turkish
1255
Hebrew
1256
Arabic
1257
Baltic Rim
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Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT

Data is Kept in Unicode Format

A check indicates that Optim Directory data is kept in Unicode format. This setting cannot be changed and Data is Kept in Unicode Format is displayed only when you are connected to an Optim Directory in a DBMS for which Unicode is supported.

Data is Kept in Multi-byte Format

A check indicates that Optim Directory data is kept in multi-byte format. This setting cannot be changed and Data is Kept in Multi-byte Format is displayed only when you are connected to an Optim Directory in a DBMS for which multi-byte is supported.