The OverrideCodeset parameter allows you to override the name of the local codeset that StarSQL uses to convert inbound and outbound character data. The codeset names are defined in the CCSID.CSV conversion table that is installed with StarSQL.
StarSQL obtains the locale (Linux, UNIX) or code page (Windows) that is set on the client computer and performs a lookup of the corresponding codeset name in the CCSID.CSV table to find the corresponding CCSID value to use. For example, if the code page for a Windows client is set to 1252, StarSQL looks for a codeset name of “WINDOWS-1252” in the CCSID.CSV file.
The OverrideCodeset parameter can be useful if you want to send or receive data encoded using a different codeset, or to match a local codeset name that is not in the CCSID.CSV table to one that is. The value for the OverrideCodeset parameter can be any string.