An invalid multi-byte input character was encountered

Item Value
SQLCODE -879
Constant SQLE_INPUT_ILLEGAL_MULTIBYTE_ERROR
SQLSTATE WC003
Sybase error code 13890
ODBC 2 State ERROR
ODBC 3 State ERROR

Probable cause 

While the server was performing character set conversion on an input string, an invalid multi-byte character was encountered. The operation is aborted.