Re: GLS & 8bit character support

Vadim Gorlovetsky <vadimg@applicom.co.il> wrote in article <3415344A.1285@applicom.co.il>... > > hello, > > I'm trying to connect from dbaccess OL 5.03 to OL 7.20 and I'm getting a > garbage table names while using table->info. Any help ? > > Vadim > I have the same problem. What I have concluded is that all nchar columns are returned as null strings. One solution to get things working is to use only char columns in database. You can create database on version 7.x with appropriate locale, but you must useonly char columns in your application. In that way applications using version 5.x can connect to version 7.x and enter appropriate 8 bit characters. However there are two drawbacks. First, you will not be able to use collation sequence of GLS, and second, you will still not be able to use dbaccess as you tried, since catalog tables are allways created with nchar columns. I had simmilar problems and asked Informix tech support, and am still waiting for answer. Hope that this will help. Slobodan Zorko Alfatec Group