DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / 970 - DB2

The dbms_lob.compare function incorrectly expects the unit of 
measurement for the offset_1 and offset_2 parameters to be read 
in terms of the number of bytes, regardless of the type of data 
passed to the lob_1 and lob_2 parameters.  Instead, the 
dbms_lob.compare function should use number of characters as the 
unit of measurement for these parameters in order to correctly 
handle multi-byte character sets. 
 
For example, the following call to the dbms_lob.compare function 
should compare the 2nd character of each string and return -1 
because "a" is not equal to "b".  However, it return 0 because 
it is comparing the second byte of the the double-byte character 
"ﾁ" to the second byte of the character "ﾁ". 
db2 "values(dbms_lob.compare(clob('ﾁa'), clob('ﾁb'), 1, 2, 2))" 
 
Similarly, the following command should fail with SQL0138N (A 
numeric argument of a built-in string function is out of range. 
SQLSTATE=22011), but it returns -1 instead. 
db2 "values(dbms_lob.compare(clob('ﾁa'), clob('ﾁb'), 1, 3, 3))" 
 
The problem can only be hit when the database codepage supports 
multi-byte characters. 
 
The dbms_lob.read procedure has the same problem with the 
"offset" and "amount" parameters.

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* USERS AFFECTED:                                              * 
* Applications using DBMS_LOB.COMPARE AND /OR DBMS_LOB.READ    * 
* with multi-byte character data                               * 
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         * 
* See Error Description                                        * 
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              * 
* Please, apply this APAR and recreate system modules using    * 
* db2updvX command.                                            * 
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DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 9a for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 DB2 Version 9.7 Fix Pack 10 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
 

Please, apply this APAR and recreate system modules using 
db2updvX command.

not known / see Local fix

Date  - problem reported    :
Date  - problem closed      :
Date  - last modified       :

29.10.2013
23.12.2013
06.11.2014