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Asked: 2026-05-23T17:29:54+00:00

I am trying to insert a stylized apostrophe (’) into a table in DB2

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I am trying to insert a stylized apostrophe (’) into a table in DB2 LUW 9.7. Every method I have tried has resulted in it being a square () when selected back.

The methods I have tried to insert it:

  • Modifying and committing a row in Control Center (GUI)
  • Updating a row via SQL command in Command Editor
  • Loading from a file (both UTF-8 encoded and ANSI encoded) through IBM Data Studio 2.2

Is there a way to get this character into the database? If not, is there a list of characters that simply cannot be used?

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  1. Editorial Team

    What is the encoding of your database/tablespace? I suspect it needs to be set to UTF-8. You may need to create a new tablespace or recreate the database with the encoding explicitly set to UTF-8.

    To determine the encoding, run the following command and look for the “Code set” information:

    db2 get db cfg for <database name>
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