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Using PROUTIL To Perform the Scan

When you are considering a particular code-page conversion, you want to check an existing database for characters that do not appear in the target code page. This is precisely what is done by the PROUTIL utility with the CONVCHAR CHARSCAN qualifier. It searches for every occurrence of specified characters in every CHARACTER field in the database, using the code page associated with the database. It reports the total number of matched fields, and for each matched field, reports the table name, field name, and record id.

The syntax is:

SYNTAX
proutil db-name -C convchar charscan target-code-page "character-list"
  -cpinternal internal-code-page
  -cpstream stream-code-page 

db-name

The database to be converted.

target-codepage

The code page you are considering converting to.

character-list

A list of characters. The character list consists of code-page positions separated by commas. The string can include decimal or hexadecimal values for up to ten characters.

NOTE: For the complete syntax of the PROUTIL utility, see the Progress Database Administration Guide and Reference .

Here are some examples of scanning databases for character conflicts:


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