Open Dataset non-unicode & default

Currently im using the open dataset with default then it hit a codepage error. I found out that the file contained characters that is not UTF-8 so when i changed the open dataset to non-unicode the codepage error goes away. Im wondering if there is any effect of changing from default to non-unicode.

OPEN DATASET P_AFILE FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT ignoring conversion errors.
ADD ignoring conversion errors to ur prg
and should be unicode.
hope it will help you.
Regards,
sinagam.
Edited by: Venkata Pavan Sinagam on Sep 23, 2011 5:50 PM

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