SET LDCONVERT

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Determines whether data read from and written to character and memo fields is transliterated when the table character set does not match the global language driver.

Syntax

SET LDCONVERT ON | off

Default

The default for SET LDCONVERT is ON. To change the default, set the LDCONVERT parameter in PLUS.ini.

Description

Use SET LDCONVERT to determine whether the contents of character and memo fields in tables created with a given language driver in effect, are converted to match the language driver in effect at the time the fields are read or written to.

Language drivers determine the character set and sorting rules that dBASE Plus uses, so if you create a dBASE table with one language driver and then use that file with a different language driver, some of the characters will appear incorrectly and you may get incorrect results when querying data.

In general, SET LDCONVERT should be ON to insure that dBASE behaves as expected when using data created under disparate language drivers.