Language support mode defines the global character set default, which determines how object names and user data are stored in the database.
| IF you enable this language support mode … | Vantage stores object names using … | and the user default server character set is… |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | UNICODE | LATIN |
| Japanese | UNICODE | UNICODE |
You can optionally specify the default character set for individual users and table columns, which overrides the global default character set for storing user data.