A problem with inserting into DB hebrew strings

Question

Hi,
I am working with a 8.1.7 DB version, and use thin driver.
I have my DB Charest configured to iso 8859P8 (which is visual Hebrew)
I have no problem in making a connection and retrieving strings, using SELECT * FROM ..
and then use the ResultSet.getString(String columnName) method .
I also have no problem in inserting the Hebrew characters , and retrieving them back ( I represent them in a servlet ),
The only problem I do have, is when I try to insert into DB a row in the following manner
INSERT into table_name values( Hebrew_String_value1, Hebrew_String_value2, Hebrew_String_value3, Hebrew_String_value4)
the insertion works fine , but somehow the insertion misplaces the strings order and actually the insertion is in opposite order :
Hebrew_String_value4, Hebrew_String_value3, Hebrew_String_value2, Hebrew_String_value1.
If I use the same insert with English Strings , there is no problem.
does any one have the solution how I insert the strings in the right order ?
one solution I have is to insert only one column and then update the table for each column , but then , instead of one execute() action , I have to make ,
1 execute() + 9 executeUpdate() for a 10 column table

Answer 1

Can you try specify the column order in your INSERT statement, i.e.
INSERT INTO mytable( column1_name,
                     column2_name,
                     column3_name,
                     column4_name )
             VALUES( column1_string,
                     column2_string,
                     column3_string,
                     column4_string)My wild guess, though I can't understand why at the moment, is that there may be a problem because Hebrew is read from right to left, that may be causing a problem.
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
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