DB2 - Problem description
| Problem IC74442 | Status: Closed |
ENABLE CODEPAGEOVERRIDE SUPPORT BY DEFAULT FOR INFORMIX SERVER | |
| product: | |
DB2 CONNECT / DB2CONNCT / 970 - DB2 | |
| Problem description: | |
Net applications running against Informix server change c
haracters to substitute character 0x1A or report a code-set c
onversion error when sending characters between 0x80 and 0x9F t
o the database as parameters.
T
he error thrown by the application is:
E
RROR [IX000] [IBM][IDS/UNIX64] Code-set conversion function f
ailed due to illegal sequence or invalid value. S
QL Error = -23103 | |
| Problem Summary: | |
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: * * WINDOWS and DATA SERVER DRIVER * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: * * .Net applications running against Informix server change * * characters to substitute character 0x1A or report a code-set * * conversion error when sending characters between 0x80 and * * 0x9F to the database as parameters. * * * * The error thrown by the application is: * * * * ERROR [IX000] [IBM][IDS/UNIX64] Code-set conversion function * * failed due to illegal sequence or invalid value. * * SQL Error = -23103 * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * * Upgrade to Version 9.7 Fix Pack 5 * **************************************************************** | |
| Local Fix: | |
For DB2Client: use db2set DB2CODEPAGE=1208 For IBM Data Server Provider for .Net: set environment variable DB2CODEPAGE=1208 | |
| available fix packs: | |
DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows | |
| Solution | |
Problem was first fixed in Version 9.7 Fix Pack 5 | |
| Workaround | |
For DB2Client: use db2set DB2CODEPAGE=1208 For IBM Data Server Provider for .Net: set environment variable DB2CODEPAGE=1208 | |
| BUG-Tracking | |
forerunner : APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: IC74444 IC74445 follow-up : | |
| Timestamps | |
Date - problem reported : Date - problem closed : Date - last modified : | 14.02.2011 15.02.2012 15.02.2012 |
| Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) | |
9.7.FP5 | |
| Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) | |
| 9.7.0.5 |
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