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Problems With DG4ODBC 11.2 and AS400 DB2 Unicode GRAPHIC Column (Doc ID 1440067.1)

Last updated on JUNE 05, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms


Using the Oracle Database Gateway for ODBC (DG4ODBC) 11.2.0.x a select from a column defined as GRAPHIC  length of 5 with CCSID 13488 on an AS400 defined as CCSID 37 fails to retain the original column length.
Create a table on the AS400 as follows -

CREATE TABLE PRODDTA9.F1201 (
FACO GRAPHIC(5) CCSID 13488 DEFAULT NULL ,
FANUMB NUMERIC(8, 0) DEFAULT NULL ,
FAAPID GRAPHIC(12) CCSID 13488 DEFAULT NULL ,
FAAAID NUMERIC(8, 0) DEFAULT NULL ,
FAASID GRAPHIC(25) CCSID 13488 DEFAULT NULL ,
.......)
select * from f1201@jde_crpdta
FACO            FANUMB                 FAAPID                               FAAAID                 FAASID                                                                      FASEQ                
--------------- ---------------------- ------------------------------------ ---------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The data returned may be malformed or not returned as in the above SELECT.

Cause

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