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    <p>I am trying to select data from a DB2 database managed by another person so I can insert it into my SQL database managed by me for data manipulation. I am using a java program to do this and the program has tested successfully on test data. However, I am getting errors because of strange symbols in the db2 data. Here is my error log.</p> <pre><code>Incorrect string value: '\xC2\x97D #5...' for column 'Name' at row 1 java.sql.SQLException: Incorrect string value: '\xC2\x97D #5...' for column 'Name' at row 1 INSERT INTO `Temp_Equipment_Inventory`.`PC_Table10i` SET `Account_No`='1019TJ148001',`Inventory_No`='569931',`Building_No`='0060',`Location`='CLASSRM',`FYYR_No`='2004',`Cost`='635.00',`Name`='MICROPHONE LAVALIER WIRELESS (ISCÂD #5290) SHURE MODEL ULXP14/85 ',`CDCATY`=' ',`CDSRCE`='M',`FLDCAL`=' ',`CDACQN`='G',`FLOWNR`='Y',`FLSHAR`=' ',`CDDELT`='00',`CNYTDT`='00',`NOPURO`='6870607-01 ',`NOPIMO`='01',`CDPREI`='E',`Original_Amount`='155.00',`Serial_Code`='0309040351 ',`CDCOMP`=' ',`NOCHECK`='680146 ',`CDCOMM`='3651400',`Last_Update`='2008-07-18',`CDDEPT`='148',`Room_No`='0300 ',`Date_Scanned`=NULL,`Date_Acquired`='2004-03-09',`Manufacturer_Name`='SHURE ',`Expiry_Date`=NULL </code></pre> <p>As you can see, the Name column has the data (ISCÂD #5290) with the funny  throwing the error. However, when I browse the data in the db2 table, this  does not appear. </p> <p>I have set the mysql tables to UTF-8 unicode ci.</p> <p>I cannot edit the db2 database since it is not managed by me.</p> <p>What else can I do to try and get around this  symbol in my data?</p>
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    1. COWhat's the platform the DB2 database is running on? Also, can you figure out the _source_ row that you're getting the error from, to figure out what it actually contains?
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    2. COThe code actually contains MICROPHONE LAVALIER WIRELESS (ISC&#8212;D #5290) SHURE MODEL ULXP14/85 for that section when I convert the binary to Text. The db2 is running AS400 platform. So the problem is occuring with the &#8212 and java.String not understanding that symbol.
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    3. COThe `&#8212;` is the html encoding for an 'em-dash' (like a '-', but different). This suggests that the string in the database was being output to a web-page directly. I haven't been able to figure out how that is getting mis-translated to the 'Â' character (they don't appear to share any relevant datapoints). What does Java actually think the line is _before_ the insert (the error you're getting is likely being generated from the database, so, we may have multiple translations)?
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