Troubleshooting
Problem
This article explains the most common causes of error "21005 Inexact character conversion during translation", when using Informix database servers.
Symptom
You receive this error when trying to get data from a remote database, or when trying to load data from a text file to Informix database:
-21005: Inexact character conversion during translation.
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Modified date:
16 June 2018
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