Error on connection

Hi all,

I have a Java application (jdk ibm 1.3) run on z/os which connect to Postgresql
database running on a windows XP (jdk ibm 1.3).

The JDBC URL is : jdbc:postgresql://10.82.41.127:5432/ANNUAIRE

When I launch the java application this exception occurs on the client jvm :

[java] Backend start-up failed: ÒáÞá ?╚Ç┴╠Ð╦╚
[java]
[java] at
org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.openConnection(AbstractJdbc1Connection.java:306)
[java] at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:122)
[java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:543)
[java] at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:194)

And this message display on the database console :

FATAL: database "┴ııõ┴╔┘┼" does not
exist

I guess this is an encoding problem.

Have you see a similar problem ?

I hope you can help me.

Thanks.