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What is ISO-8859-8 in SAP BC-ABA - ABAP Runtime Environment?


SAP Term: ISO-8859-8


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  • Key Concepts: ISO-8859-8 is an 8-bit character encoding for the Hebrew language. It is part of the ISO/IEC 8859 family of character encodings, which are widely used for writing text in languages other than English. It is also known as Latin/Hebrew or Visual Hebrew.
    How to use it: ISO-8859-8 is used in SAP systems to encode Hebrew characters. It is supported by the BC-ABA ABAP Runtime Environment, which provides a platform for running ABAP programs. The encoding can be used to store and display Hebrew text in SAP applications.
    Tips & Tricks: When using ISO-8859-8, it is important to ensure that the correct character set is selected in the system settings. This will ensure that the characters are displayed correctly in the application.
    Related Information: ISO-8859-8 is one of several character encodings supported by SAP systems. Other encodings include UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, and Windows 1252.

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