Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Internationalizing Applications

Converting an OpenEdge database to UTF-8 using the PROUTIL CONVCHAR utility

To convert an OpenEdge database to UTF-8 using the PROUTIL CONVCHAR utility:

Caution: Before you begin, back up your database.

Convert the database to UTF-8 using the following syntax:

Syntax

proutil database-name -C convchar convert utf-8

Load the collation data definition (.df) file using the syntax for your operating system:

Windows syntax	%DLC%\prolang\utf\filename.df
UNIX syntax	$DLC/prolang/utf/filename.df

For the UTF-8 BASIC collation, use the _tran.df collation data definition file. For an International Components for Unicode (ICU) collation, use one of the collation data definition files prefixed with “ICU” (such as ICU-cs.df used for Czech databases).

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.
Rebuild the indexes using the following syntax:

Syntax

proutil database-name -C idxbuild