Nonstop Database, HiRDB Version 9 Description
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In a data comparison, one double-byte space character and two single-byte space characters will be recognized as different data. Therefore, table data containing a mixture of double-byte and single-byte space characters can produce incorrect retrieval results.
- Example
- The following data are recognized as being different:
![[Figure]](FIGURE/ZU075010.GIF)
The space conversion facility enables double-byte space characters and single-byte space characters to be intermixed in table data.
The double-byte space character being discussed here is coded as shown as follows. Two single-byte space characters are coded as X'2020'.
- Shift-JIS Kanji Code: X'8140'
- EUC Japanese Kanji Code: X'A1A1' (UNIX edition only)
- EUC Chinese Kanji Code: X'A1A1'
- Chinese Kanji Code (GB18030)#: X'A1A1'
- Unicode (UTF-8) or Unicode (IVS-supported UTF-8)#: X'E38080'
- #: NCHAR and NVARCHAR cannot be used if the character encoding is Unicode (UTF-8), Unicode (IVS-supported UTF-8), or Chinese Kanji Code (GB18030).
- Organization of this section
- (1) Space conversion levels
- (2) Setting the space conversion level
(1) Space conversion levels
As shown in the following table, three levels of space character conversion are provided by the space conversion facility.
Table 7-6 Space conversion levels
| Level |
Explanation |
| Level 0 |
No space conversion. |
| Level 1 |
Converts as follows data spaces that occur in literals, embedded variables, and ? parameters in the data manipulation SQL or data spaces that are stored by utilities:
- When a character string literal is being handled as a national character string literal, two single-byte space characters in succession are converted into one double-byte space character; in the case of a single occurrence of a single-byte space, no conversion is performed.
- When a character string literal is being handled as a mixed character string literal, one double-byte space character is converted into two single-byte space characters.
- During storage of data in a national character string-type column or during comparison of data with a national character string-type value expression, two single-byte space characters in succession in an embedded variable or ? parameter are converted into one double-byte space character; in the case of a single occurrence of a single-byte space, no conversion is performed.
- During storage of data in a mixed character string-type column or during comparison of data with a mixed character string-type value expression, one double-byte space character is converted into two single-byte space characters.
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| Level 3 |
Adds the following processing to the processing of space conversion level 1:
- During retrieval of data in a national character string-type value expression, one double-byte space character is converted into two single-byte space characters.
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The following figures illustrate Level 1 and Level 3 processing.
Figure 7-20 Level 1 processing
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Figure 7-21 Level 3 processing
![[Figure]](FIGURE/ZU070110.GIF)
(2) Setting the space conversion level
The desired space conversion level can be specified in the following operands:
- pd_space_level operand in the system common definition
- PDSPACELVL operand in the client environment definition
- spacelvl operand in the option statement of the database load utility (pdload)
- spacelvl operand in the option statement of the database reorganization utility (pdrorg)
For details about using the space conversion facility, see the HiRDB Version 9 System Operation Guide.
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