Unicode support was introduced in SPSS 16. SPSS 15 is limited to one code page at a time. Some customers handle this by setting the SPSS locale (SET LOCALE), which selects the code page, and then pulling and processing data that fit in that code page. Then set another locale and repeat the process.
With SPSS 16, you can SET UNICODE ON/OFF (or choose in Edit/Options). Then SPSS will attempt to convert text to the current code page (UNICODE OFF) or accept/convert it to UNICODE (UNICODE ON).
Because Unicode characters take more space than code page characters, SPSS 16 automatically expands field sizes when converting code page text to Unicode. It uses a worst case expansion factor, but the new ALTER TYPE command (or user interface checkbox "Minimize string widths based on observed values") will recover as much space as possible without loss of data.
HTH,
Jon Peck
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Subject: [SPSSX-L] Unicode text database
Hi everybody,
Can a unicode text database be imported in SPSS, meaning, does it recognise
all the characters? I am using SPSS 15.
Many thanks in advance,
Vlad
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