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Hi Tai, AFAIK you will need to convert or create a new database using utf-8. There's no such thing as "adding a single Unicode column" to a non-utf8 DB. You'll probably need to change your -cpinternal as well, but I think you can leave -cpstream be and CONVERT TARGET as needed to minimize code impact on old code. I'd also consider something like this: - you add a simple binary/char column to your table without any conversion to your DB. Then you handle Russian/Arabic data in the application (probably with -cpinternal utf-8) and before writing to the database you convert it to a binary or base64 representation. Surely you will need to convert back when reading data. It's extra coding for sure, but if this new field is used only sparingly within the application it may be worth the effort.
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