JDBC adapter: greek characters

Hi All,
We are reading and sending data from a ms sql dbase towards our R/3 system via PI (JDBC adapter).
I am having some problems related with exotic characters (greek). Reading these characters from the dbase works fine without any additional config, but writing these characters gives problems.
When I check the message logging inside XI, the characters look fine, but the result in the dbase is not.
ex:
XI = Martine ΑΤΤΙΚΟ ΘΕΡΑΠΕΥΤΗΡΙΟ
dbase = Martine ?????? T???????????
I already tried changing the charset of the communication channel to "iso-8859-7", but that did not fix the problem.
Anyone an idea?
Kindest regards
Joris

In note 831162 (FAQ: XI 3.0 / PI 7.0 JDBC Adapter) is mentioned:
"2. Unicode Handling
Q: I am inserting Unicode data into a database table or selecting Unicode data from a table. However, the data inserted into or retrieved from the table appears garbled. Why doesn't the JDBC Adapter handle Unicode correctly?
A: While the JDBC Adapter is Unicode-aware, many JDBC drivers and/or database management systems aren't by default and need a codepage or Unicode-awareness to be configured explicitly. For the respective JDBC drivers, this codepage setting is often configured via the driver URL. For details, refer to the documentation of your JDBC driver or database management system.
Note: For the Lotus Domino Driver for JDBC, there does not seem to be any documented method to enable support for Unicode strings."
Does this help you?
Regards
Stefan

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