GLS Locale

A GLS locale is a set of files that contain information specific to a particular language and culture:

• The name of the code set that the application data uses
• The collation order to use for character data
• The format in which different types of data appears to end users

The default locale is the locale that your Windows NT installation uses. For example, Windows installations running U.S. English use the en_us.1252 locale. To change the locale, type a new locale specification in the Description Locale field. See the Informix Guide to GLS Functionality for more information on locales and how to access a list of available locales.