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Verifying System Preferences for the DB Server

After you complete the installation and configuration of your Siebel Database Server, you must verify system preferences for the Siebel application in Siebel Tools. For installation instructions for Siebel Tools, see Installing Siebel Tools.

To verify system preferences

1. Launch Siebel Tools and navigate to Screens > System Administration > System Preferences.

   NOTE:  The first time you bring up Siebel Tools, the system prompts you to enter a license key number, if you have not done so already. You can find the license key that has been assigned to your site in your license key letter provided with the DVD case or in a MS Word document along with other documents, if you have used FTP to download the software. For detailed information about license keys, see the Applications Administration Guide.

2. Look for System Preference Name = Enterprise DB Server Code Page and verify that the value has been set correctly, based on the value that you selected during installation of the database server components (see Installing the DB Server Components). For a list of the appropriate values, see Table 18.

   NOTE:  The Code Page value must be in lowercase, for example, utf-8 or utf-16.

   Table 18.  Acceptable Values for Enterprise DB Server Code Page

   Value	Language	Database
   utf-81 (Unicode)	All	Oracle 9i
   utf-162 (Unicode)	All	DB2
   cp932 (or equivalent)	Japanese	Oracle 9i, Oracle 8i, DB2
   cp1252 (or equivalent)	Western European	All

   1The Oracle database character set may have a different value, although the value entered must be utf-8. 2Also known as UCS-2, although the value entered must be utf-16.

3. If your database is Unicode-enabled, verify that column UNICD_DATATYPS_FLG in the table S_APP_VER has the Unicode flag set correctly, as illustrated below:
   • Codepage (non-Unicode) = N

     Oracle

   • Unicode Oracle = 8

     DB2

   • Unicode DB2 Server = Y

     NOTE:  The data type flag must be uppercase.