Storing multi-lingual data in Informix blob datatype

This is a multipart mime message --Next_1092304904---0-202.54.124.151-31442 Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline <P>=0ADear All,<BR>=0A<BR>=0AI have set db_locale to &quot;en_us.utf8&quot;= and created a new database. When i try to insert japanese/chinese data int= o blob (same goes for clob &amp; text datatype too) they get stored as junk= , however i can store all other european languages into blob properly.&nbsp= ; Also these data gets stored properly in char/varchar datatype.&nbsp; Can = anyone draw some light on it.&nbsp; Thanks in advance.<BR>=0A<BR>=0ABest Re= gards,<BR>=0A<BR>=0ALloyd<BR>=0A=0A</P>=0A=0A=0A<br><br>=0A<A target=3D"_bl= ank" HREF=3D"http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp"><IMG SRC=3D= "http://ads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.rediffmail.com/inb= ox.htm@Bottom" BORDER=3D0 VSPACE=3D0 HSPACE=3D0></a>=0A --Next_1092304904---0-202.54.124.151-31442 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Dear All,=0A=0AI have set db_locale to "en_us.utf8" and created a new datab= ase. When i try to insert japanese/chinese data into blob (same goes for cl= ob & text datatype too) they get stored as junk, however i can store all ot= her european languages into blob properly. Also these data gets stored pro= perly in char/varchar datatype. Can anyone draw some light on it. Thanks = in advance.=0A=0ABest Regards,=0A=0ALloyd=0A=0A=0A --Next_1092304904---0-202.54.124.151-31442--