ABAP OPEN DATASET CODE PAGE Statement syntax, information and example SAP source code

OPEN DATASET - CODE PAGE

Short Reference

ABAP Syntax ... CODE PAGE cp ...

What does it do? This addition specifies that the representation of character-like data objects in the file is based on the code page specified in cp . When a character-like data object is written or read, a conversion between this code page and the current character representation is performed, if necessary. If the addition is not specified, the data is read or written in a non-Unicode system without conversion. In a Unicode system, the characters of the file are treated in accordance with the non-Unicode code page that would be assigned at the time of read/write in a non-Unicode system (in accordance with the entry specified in the database table
TCP0C of the current text environment ).
The code page specification cp expects a character-like data object that must contain, when the statement is executed, the name of a non-Unicode page from the column CPCODEPAGE in the database table
TCP00 . You must not specify a Unicode code page.

Latest notes: In Unicode systems, this addition enables the automatic conversion of file content to the current character format when reading and writing files. In this way, files saved in non-Unicode systems can be imported into Unicode systems.

The statement SET DATASET can be used to specify a different code page for an opened legacy file.

The addition CODE PAGE replaces the use of the obsolete statement TRANSLATE CODE PAGE in when accessing files.