New characters

Table 6. New characters in 1252 and ISO8859-15
Character	Position in 1252	Position in ISO8859-15
Euro symbol	128	164
Š (S with caron)	138	166
š (s with caron)	154	168
Ž (Z with caron)	142	180
ž (z with caron)	158	184
Œ (OE ligature)	140	188
œ (oe ligature)	156	189
Ÿ (Y with dieresis)	159	190

The following table lists the characters to check for before converting a database to 1252. Each row of the table lists values for a particular source code page. For example, before converting from IBM037, check for the characters in the second row.

Table 7. Characters to check for before converting to 1252
Code Page	Euro	Š	Œ	Ž	š	œ	ž	Ÿ
1252	128	138	140	142	154	156	158	159
IBM037	33	43	45	47	59	61	63	255
IBM273	32	42	44	46	58	60	62	63
IBM277	33	43	45	47	59	61	63	255
IBM278	33	43	45	47	59	61	63	255
IBM284	33	43	45	47	59	61	63	255
IBM297	33	43	45	47	59	61	63	255
IBM437	158	183	185	187	199	201	203	204
IBM500	33	43	45	47	59	61	63	255
IBM850	213	192	194	196	219	223	254	159
IBM858	213	192	194	196	219	223	254	159
IBM861	158	184	186	188	200	202	204	205
ISO8859-1	128	138	140	142	154	156	158	159

The following table lists the characters to check for before converting a database to ISO8859-15. Each row lists values for a particular source code page. For example, before converting from IBM037, check for the characters in the second row.

Table 8. Characters to check for before converting to ISO8859-15
Code Page	Euro	Š	Œ	Ž	š	œ	ž	Ÿ
ISO8859-15	164	166	168	180	184	188	189	190
IBM037	159	106	189	190	157	183	184	185
IBM273	159	204	189	190	157	183	184	185
IBM277	90	122	189	190	157	183	184	185
IBM278	90	204	189	190	157	183	184	185
IBM284	159	73	161	190	157	183	184	185
IBM297	159	221	161	190	157	183	184	185
IBM437	206	207	209	215	217	172	171	219
IBM500	159	106	189	190	157	183	184	185
IBM850	213	221	249	239	247	172	171	243
IBM858	213	221	249	239	247	172	171	243
IBM861	16	178	209	215	216	172	171	219
ISO8859-1	164	166	168	180	184	188	189	190
ROMAN8	186	169	171	168	236	247	248	245