Environment for korean Cp949 with JDBC

Problem(Abstract)

JDBC needs a specific environment set if the DB_LOCALE is set to ko_kr.cp_949 for Korean Cp949.

Symptom

Using JDBC, we may get errors like -79784 (" Locale not supported.") or -908 ("Attempt to connect to database server NAME failed.") when trying to connect to a database using the following locale: ko_kr.cp_949

For example, the following connection:
jdbc:informix-sqli://myhost:ids_port/mydatabase:informixserver=myidsserver;user=mylogin;password=mypasswd;DB_LOCALE=ko_kr.cp_949;CLIENT_LOCALE=ko_kr.cp_949

might return error -79784 or -908 if used with JDK earlier than 1.6 and/or JDBC earlier than 3.50.JC8

Resolving the problem

When using JDBC, in order to be able to connect properly to a database using locale ko_kr.cp_949 you have to use JDK1.6 or later and JDBC 3.50.JC8 or later.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21449804