Customer Problem Description:
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    This program illustrates a problem in the JRE 1.3.1 version of the
    JDBC-ODBC bridge that causes incorrect data to be returned from
    ResultSet.getString() for LONG VARCHAR columns.
    
    This program assumes the following:
    
    1. You have Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere installed
    
    2. You are running an ASA Engine (or server) on your machine
    
    3. You have a ODBC Data Source on your machine called "BridgeBug"
       that this program can use to connect to the database. The DSN
       must contain a DBA userid and password.
    
       The program creates a test table in the database, adds a value,
       reads the value, then drops the table.


RUNNING THE TEST
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    Here's how to build and run the test program:
    
    1. Edit line in the MAKE.BAT file which points to your installed
       JRE 1.3.1
       
    2. Run MAKE.BAT
    
    3. Run the generated RUN.BAT. This batch file will run the test
       program. The program prints messages to the console describing
       the expected and the actual result.
    

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BUG
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    If you attempt to read a single character value from a LONG VARCHAR
    column using the JDBC-ODBC bridge, and you read the value using the
    ResultSet.getString() method, the returned value is an empty string.

Attached is a zip file containing a sample program illustrating this problem.