Srini,
Sorry to bother you.
We can register dSource with UTF8 (AL32UTF8).
However, we cannot register dSource with the following character sets:
UTF8 (AL32UTF8) DB UTF18
SJIS (JA16SJISTILDE) DB SJIS
SJIS (JA16SJIS) DB SJIS1
So, the problem might note be related to character sets....
Yasu