# How to workaround known issues when connecting to Teradata Aster with ODBC

**URL:** <https://community.exploratory.io/t/how-to-workaround-known-issues-when-connecting-to-teradata-aster-with-odbc/2460>\
**Category:** HowTo\
**Created:** [May 12, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.exploratory.io/t/how-to-workaround-known-issues-when-connecting-to-teradata-aster-with-odbc/2460 "2023-05-12T15:15:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.exploratory.io/t/how-to-workaround-known-issues-when-connecting-to-teradata-aster-with-odbc/2460/1 "2023-05-12T15:15:50Z")

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## Problem

When you select the below ODBC data source to connect to Teradata Aster from Exploratory, there is a case that you cannot import multi-byte characters

 ![image](https://community.exploratory.io/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7cc00b2166d603f9286cc3c066eadc414f34048b.png)

If multi-byte characters are included in the SQL query result, the following error might appear in the import dialog.

```auto
Error in result_fetch(res@ptr, n): Invalid multibyte sequence

```

## Solution

If this happens, please try the ODBC (Legacy) to work around this issue.

 ![image](https://community.exploratory.io/uploads/default/original/2X/7/707153f8c5b02d4f2c241cbd11894218ccd1a1a7.png)