Open Dataset non-unicode & default

Currently i am 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. I am wondering if there is any effect of changing from default to non-unicode.

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Message was edited by: Kesavadas Thekkillath