Programming :: DB2 VARCHAR Type Usage With NULL Character?

I have a vector of bytes that I need to store in a DB2 database and was wanting to do it with a column declared as VARCHAR () FOR BIT DATA. I can do this with no problem except when a byte representing the NULL character occurs in the vector. Anytime this occurs, the rest of the bytes are truncated. I know this is the proper behavior for if this were a string, but I was under the impression that if the column is declared as I previously mentioned, that this would support any variable length binary data including the NULL character.

I've found repeated references to people dealing with DB2 tables where the data in VARCHAR columns contained leading and embedded NULLS, so I know this is possible. Can anyone provide me with the proper INSERT statement in order to get this to work? This is the current BindParameters call I'm making for the VARCHAR () FOR BIT DATA column that's truncating after the NULL character occurs.

Code:

SQLBindParameter(handleStmt, 3, SQL_PARAM_INPUT, SQL_C_CHAR,
SQL_VARCHAR, (SQLUINTEGER)(30000), 0, data2, 30000,
&sqlNts);