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==Database Configuration for Unicode==

===DB/2 v7.x===

Using the DB/2 "Control Center" create a new database instance using the wizard provide. During the create of this database you will be prompted to specify the locale for the new database, which should be set to a code set type of UTF-8. Unicode data can be stored in the following DB/2 datatypes:

* GRAPHIC
* VARGRAPHIC
* LONGVARGRAPHIC
* DBCLOB