Conversions Between Server and Client

If SAP ASE does not support the client’s language or character set, the client can connect with the server, but no character conversions occur.

When a localized client application connects to SAP ASE, the server checks to see if it supports the client’s language and character set.

If SAP ASE supports the language, it automatically performs all character set conversions and displays its messages in the client’s language and character set.
If SAP ASE does not support the language, it uses the user’s default language or SAP ASE default language.
If SAP ASE does not support the character set, it issues a warning to the client, turns conversion off, and sets the language to US English.