Policies for a single code page in a clan

When you use Rational® ClearQuest®, each client that accesses your Rational ClearQuest databases has its own code page. A code page specifies the set of characters that are valid in a given environment. With Rational ClearQuest, a code page defines the set of characters that are manipulated correctly on a particular client. MultiSite requires that all clients use the same code page.

To enforce the use of a single code page and to ensure data integrity, a Rational ClearQuest administrator must set the data code page value for a database set before activating it for replication. The code page of each database must also be set using the vendor database tools. In addition, if clients running versions of Rational ClearQuest earlier than version 2003.06.00 access your databases, the CharacterSetValidation package must be applied to prevent users from entering data from multiple code pages into a database record.

If you need to change the type of data allowed in your Rational ClearQuest MultiSite environment (for example, switching from Japanese to Chinese) you must follow a procedure that involves removing all replicas, scrubbing oplogs, changing the Rational ClearQuest data code page, and re-creating your replicas.