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An Extended ASCII character issue in DB2 API Stage in Information Server v8.7 without NLS support

Troubleshooting


Problem

An extra character is added when reading an Extended ASCII character from DB2 on the mainframe using the DB2 API Stage in IS 8.7 without NLS support.

Symptom

When a special character (Extended ASCII character) is in a text/remarks field of a database column, the DB2 API Stage is adding one more special character to the already existing special character.

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Modified date:
25 April 2025

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