Scenario:
To load special characters such as non-English characters from a flat file(.txt) to target table whose code page is set to UTF-8 .
In order to load special characters from a flat file to target table we need to set appropriate code page or encoding in :
a) a) In the source file
We need to set the encoding of source file to utf-8. This differs based on the text editor we use. Below mentioned are the steps for changing the encoding in notepad.
File --> Save As . Change the encoding to UTF-8
b) b) Flat file properties.
In BODS, normally the code page is set to <default> in flat file properties as given below:
Change it to utf-8.
c)Datastore properties
Go to the target data store properties in BODS. Normally the code page is set to <default> as given below:
Change Code page and Server code page to utf-8.
