The DataDirect Connect Series
for ODBC UNIX and Linux drivers can use double-byte character sets. The drivers normally use the character set defined by the default locale "C" unless explicitly pointed to another character set. The default locale "C" corresponds to the 7-bit US‑ASCII character set. Use the following procedure to set the locale to a different character set:
For the DataDirect Connect Series
for ODBC Unicode drivers, refer to specific driver chapters in the
DataDirect Connect Series for ODBC User’s Guide to determine which encodings are supported.