SAP Note 910707 - Linux: Japanese locale (ja_JP.SJIS) on Linux

Component : Linux - Internationalization (I18N)

Solution : https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/910707 (SAP Service marketplace login required)

Summary :
SAP systems configured as non-Unicode on Linux may encounter display issues with certain Japanese characters when using system language JP (Japanese). This problem specifically arises on Linux application servers and does not affect other platforms like HP-UX. The issues pertain mainly to characters not supported in specific Japanese code pages like SHIFT_JIS. Non-supported characters can only be properly displayed by installing the SAP system in Unicode. For Linux distributions, various SAP-supported locales such as ja_JP.SJIS and ja_JP.SAPSJIS are listed, citing their availability with specific Linux versions and requisite packages like saplocales and sap-locale distributed through operating system vendors.

Key words :
sles9 service pack 4available, sles10 service pack 3available, sles11 service pack 1available, red hat enterprise linux 4, red hat enterprise linux 5, suse linux enterprise server 9, suse linux enterprise server 10, suse linux enterprise server 11, compat-locales-sap-common-1, compat-locales-sap packages

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