Although the focus of this chapter is on character set conversion between client and Adaptive Server, there are two other places where you may need character set conversion:
Between the client and a terminal
Between the client and a file system
Figure 8-4 illustrates the paths and command-line options that are available in the standalone utilities isql, bcp, and defncopy.
Figure 8-4: Where character set conversion may be needed
As described earlier, the -J or /clientcharset command-line option specifies the character set used by the client when it sends and receives character data to and from Adaptive Server.
