ASA Database Administration Guide
International Languages and Character Sets
Adaptive Server Anywhere can carry out character set translation among character sets that represent the same characters, but at different positions in the character set or code page. There needs to be a degree of compatibility between the character sets for this to be possible. For example, character set translation is possible between EUC-JIS and Shift-JIS character sets, but not between EUC-JIS and OEM code page 850.
This section describes how Adaptive Server Anywhere carries out character set translation. This information is provided for advanced users, such as those who may be deploying applications or databases in a multi-character-set environment.
Character translation for database messages
Connection strings and character sets
Avoiding character-set translation