Since the integrated file system (IFS) was introduced for OS/400, the predecessor of IBM i, directory and file names were internally stored in Unicode with a CCSID 13488 (UCS-2). However, the SAP kernel only supported the 7-bit ASCII character set fo...

The SAP NetWeaver RFC SDK is used to exchange data between SAP NetWeaver systems and non-SAP software components. Depending on the programming language and character representation of your non-SAP application, you can choose between three different v...

Welcome at the SAP on IBM i update! This time we will focus on the new features of the CONVUSRCPT tool:The current situation•All SAP Kernels in maintainance support the new userconcept•System installation and system copy tools (SWPM, Software Provisi...

Welcome at the SAP on IBM i update! This time we will focus on the replacement of the ASCII NW RFC SDK in ILE by a UNICODE version:Many of you already have recognized that there are several versions of the NW RFC SDK available for OS/400, while there...

Welcome at the SAP on IBM i update! This time we will focus on the permanently running job SAPILED:Did you ever wonder what the job SAPILED in subsystem QUSRWRK does?Looking at the joblog, you will notice that the job iterates over all SAP systems on...