Question : php sybase character set mismatch

Hi,

I'm migrating a Apache 1.3 / PHP 5 / Sybase website from a Unix Solaris 8 to 10, upgrading Sybase client to from 12.5 to 15, while the server remains 12.5.  I get the following PHP error when trying to insert into the database:

Warning: sybase_connect() [function.sybase-connect]: Sybase: Server message: Changed client character set setting to 'iso_1'. (severity 10, procedure N/A)

I did not set the character set explicitely on the new Sybase client.  Where should I start looking?  Is it a Sybase, Unix, PHP or Apache problem?
The  attached code snippet shows the PHP line that throws the error.

Greatly appreciate any help,
Mirek

Code Snippet:

1:	$dblink = sybase_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass);

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Answer : php sybase character set mismatch

When you say you changed the LANG variable, where did you change it?

Changing it when you run/start the ASE server will have no effect whatsoever.  You have to change it for the client processes.

The LANG variable needs to be set to a legitimate "locale".  You can find the valid ones in the sybase directory structures.  Under the sybase home directory, you will find the "locales" directory and in that a file called locales.dat    If you go to the Solaris section you will find the LANG setting should be either...
en_US    or
en_US.ISO8859-1
Either of these should set the character set to iso_1 but obviously, the second version is more specific and I would go with it.

What happens if you log into the machine (O/S) using the same account that Apache runs under?  What is the LANG variable set to?  Try logging in that way and create a little PHP test program to connect to the database and do a simple query, say "select @@version"?  That way you can experiment with solutions to the problem without having to weed through lots of unnecessary layers.

Regards,
Bill