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Internationalization Guide


Converting a Progress Database To UTF-8 Using the PROUTIL CONVCHAR Utility

To convert a Progress database to UTF-8 using the PROUTIL CONVCHAR utility:

CAUTION: Before you begin, back up your database.
  1. Convert the database to UTF-8 using the following syntax:
  2. SYNTAX
    proutil database-name -C convchar convert utf-8 
    

  3. Load the UTF-8 collation table using the syntax for your operating system:
  4. Windows Syntax
    UNIX Syntax
    %DLC%\prolang\utf\_tran.df 
    
    $DLC/prolang/utf/_tran.df 
    

  5. Compile, store, and apply the UTF-8 word-break rules to your database. For complete instructions, see the "Compiling, Storing, and Applying the UTF-8 Word-break Rules To a Database" section in this manual.
  6. Rebuild the indexes using the following syntax:
  7. SYNTAX
    proutil database-name -C idxbuild 
    


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