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IC93869: ODBC AND .NET RETURN "INEXACT CHARACTER CONVERSION DURING TRANSLATION" WITH GREEK CODESET 8859-7 FOR 0XBE AND 0XBF

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • You've written an application based on the Informix ODBC driver
    or the Informix .NET provider and have set at least one of
    DB_LOCALE or CLIENT_LOCALE to el_gr.8859-7 (or the alias
    el_gr.817).  If the application has to deal with the characters:
    
    GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON WITH TONOS  ( U+038E , 8859-7 code
    0xBE)
    GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA WITH TONOS    ( U+038F , 8859-7 code
    0xBF)
    
    it will return the error message:
    
         Inexact character conversion during translation.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
    * All users                                                    *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
    * See Error Description                                        *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    * Update to GLSLIB-6.00.xC2                                    *
    ****************************************************************
    

Problem conclusion

  • Problem Fixed In GLSLIB-6.00.xC2
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IC93869

  • Reported component name

    IBM CSDK

  • Reported component ID

    5724C2381

  • Reported release

    370

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2013-07-02

  • Closed date

    2014-05-08

  • Last modified date

    2014-05-08

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    IBM CSDK

  • Fixed component ID

    5724C2381

Applicable component levels

  • R410 PSY

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 May 2014