The character set used in communication with the primary Replication Server.
The Sybase Replication Agent default character set must be set to match the primary database's character set. rs_charset must be set to match Replication Server’s character set. If they differ, Sybase Replication Agent will do character set conversion before sending data to Replication Server. See the Sybase Replication Agent Administration Guide for more information on setting rs_charset.
Setting this property to anything other than the character
set of the primary Replication Server causes Replication Agent to do character
set conversion which will cause problems during replication.
Defaults to empty string ("")
Any valid Sybase character set supported by the Java VM on the Replication Agent host machine.
Sybase recommends that you use the exact same name as what is found in the RepServer configuration (.cfg) file. For example, iso_1.
Sybase recommends that you configure the primary data server and primary Replication Server to use the same character set.
If rs_charset is not set
at the time you try to resume replication, Sybase Replication Agent returns an
error.
When the Sybase Replication Agent instance is created, the rs_charset parameter is set to its default value "" (empty string).
If you specify a valid character set for the value of the rs_charset parameter, the Sybase Replication Agent instance sends replicated transaction data from the primary database to the primary Replication Server in that character set.
If you do not specify a valid character set name for the value of the rs_charset parameter (including the default rs_charset value ""), the Sybase Replication Agent instance will not allow you to resume replication.
If the values of the rs_charset and the system default character set are valid, but not the same value, Sybase Replication Agent converts the replicated transaction data from the system defined database character set to the Replication Server character set before sending it to the primary Replication Server.
See the Sybase Replication Agent Administration Guide for more information about setting up Replication Agent connection configuration parameters.
