International Business Machines Corporation
PROVIDING CHARACTER ENCODING

Abstract:

Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for character encoding. The method includes one or more processors receiving a first query involving an attribute. The first query utilizes encoded in accordance with a first encoding scheme. The method further includes one or more processors identifying a table comprising values of the attribute in compressed format. The method further includes one or more processors creating at least one dictionary, the dictionary mapping a compressed value of the attribute to a corresponding uncompressed value that is encoded in accordance with the first encoding scheme. The method further includes one or more processors storing the dictionary in a cache using a predefined cache management policy of the cache.