# Perforce - Unicode Server

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [April 22, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954 "2013-04-22T08:32:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![crazyjak](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@crazyjak](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/crazyjak)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954/1 "2013-04-22T08:32:25Z")

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Hi  
We use Perforce in UTF-8[no bom] mode and when attempting to validate a repository we get:  
'Unicode server permits only unicode enabled clients'  
  
Is there some configuration change or option to make that work?

Thanks

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954/2 "2013-04-22T08:46:55Z")

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Looks like you need to set the P4CHARSET environment variable on your server machine :   
  
 [http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/manuals/cmdref/env.P4CHARSET.html](http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/manuals/cmdref/env.P4CHARSET.html)   
  
 Note you will need to restart the Continua CI Server service after changing the environment variable.

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### Author: ![crazyjak](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@crazyjak](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/crazyjak)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954/3 "2013-04-22T09:00:06Z")

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Hi  
  
It is set - that's the problem?  
  
Thanks

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:06am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954/4 "2013-04-22T09:06:09Z")

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I’m looking into this further… the perforce documentation is not very clear.

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954/5 "2013-04-22T09:07:59Z")

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So it is set to utf8 on the continua server machine?

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:30am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954/6 "2013-04-22T09:30:02Z")

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I have added support for setting the Charset (-C) and CommandCharset (-Q), will be in the next build (probably tomorrow).

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### Author: ![crazyjak](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@crazyjak](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/crazyjak)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:41am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/perforce-unicode-server/4954/7 "2013-04-22T09:41:05Z")

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Hey Vincent  
  
Awesome - thanks heaps for looking into this. Means a lot as we're seriously looking for a local solution