Re: charset problems with db/400

["Timur Evdokimov" <timur@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you all,
translate binary=true solved this problem.

However it's not clear at all why does it happen.
CCSID was 297, but sometimes it works ok with that CCSID, sometimes not.

Regards,
Timur

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kristen Henry" <klhnry@bonchien.com>
To: "Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400"
<java400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: charset problems with db/400


> Yes, that is what solved a similar problem for me.  Look at the problem
file, and the
> problem fields and see what the CCSID is.  If it is something other than
37, putting
> translate binary=true will force binary to be translated to text.  I
accessed some files in
> JD Edwards and for some reason, the text fields had been set to a
different CCSID.
>
> Kristen
>
> Tim Kosacek wrote:
>
> > Hard to say without knowing more detail about what you are doing, but
try
> > setting the driver property "translate binary=true"  (this is from
memory so
> > you might want to check the docs).
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: java400-l-bounces@midrange.com
> > [mailto:java400-l-bounces@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Timur Evdokimov
> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 4:49 PM
> > To: 'Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400'
> > Subject: charset problems with db/400
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've come across very strange problem.
> > If Java program runs at iSeries and uses type 2 JDBC from
> > db2_classes.jar to access tables, string operands are updated with
> > really weird strings, like "...,.,,." (or even worse) instead of
> > specified value. Of course when subseqent select(s) are trying to
> > retrieve this data, it doesn't work.
> >
> > The same update from STRSQL console is pretty OK
> >
> > The same Java code on the same iSeries with type 4 JDBC (from JT400) is
> > also OK
> >
> > The same Java code on other AS/400s is sometimes OK, but sometimes not.
> > But when the database with problems is copied through SAVF to another
> > AS/400 where it is OK, it _is_ OK.
> >
> > Can anyone say anything?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Timur
>
>
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