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Informix Guide to GLS Functionality
Chapter 1: GLS Fundamentals
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GLS Fundamentals

What Is the GLS Feature?
GLS Support by Informix Products
Informix Database Servers
Informix Client Applications
Additional GLS Support
A GLS Locale
A Code Set
The Collation Order
End-User Formats
How Do You Set a GLS Locale?
The Default Locale
The Default Code Set
Default Date and Time End-User Formats
Default Numeric and Monetary End-User Formats
GLS Locale Names
Locales in the Client/Server Environment
The Client Locale
The Database Locale
The Server Locale
A Nondefault Locale
How Do Informix Products Use GLS Locales?
Supporting Non-ASCII Characters
Establishing a Database Connection
Sending the Client Locale
Verifying the Database Locale
Determining the Server-Processing Locale
Performing Code-Set Conversion
What Is Code-Set Conversion?
When Is Code-Set Conversion Performed?
Which Data Is Converted?
Locating Message Files
How Do You Customize Client End-User Formats?
Customizing Date and Time End-User Formats
Era-Based Date and Time Formats
Date and Time Precedence
Customizing Monetary Values



Informix Guide to GLS Functionality, version 9.1
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