ILS utf8
A user new to GLS/ILS asked how to find out which locales (e.g. de_de.utf8) his Informix 11.70 install supports, and where to get ILS if needed. Answer: run the 'glfiles' utility, which silently writes the list of available locales to lc11.txt; if the wanted locale isn't listed, install ILS and rerun. He found de_de.utf8 already present, so no ILS needed. He also hit 'test: unknown operator ==' from glfiles under /bin/sh; changing '==' to '=' in the script fixed it, with others noting dash/ksh don't accept the bash-style '=='.
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Hi, I have to play around with GLS/ILS (never needed so far), esp. with utf8. First, is there any way to determine which codes are support by GLS, for example de_de.utf8. Second, if I have to install ILS where may I find the download site. (Solaris10 and RHEL 5.8, Informix 11.70.FC5) TIA Reinhard
Hi, I think you can run the utility "glfiles". It usually is working quietly for a short time and then exits (also quietly) ... but by that time it has written its output into a local file named "lc11.txt". In this file you will find info about currently available locales. If you do not find, what you are looking for, then you probably should install the ILS. When re-running the "glfiles" utility after having installed ILS, the now additionally available locales should be listed as well. Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management Read about the Informix Warehouse Accelerator: http://tinyurl.com/the-iwa-blog IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Martina Koederitz Board of Management: Dirk Wittkopp Corporate Seat: Boeblingen, Germany Reg.-Gericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 10/18/2012 12:13:15 PM: > From: "Habichtsberg, Reinhard" <RHabichtsberg@arz-emmendingen.de> > To: ids@iiug.org, > Date: 10/18/2012 12:13 PM > Subject: ILS utf8 [28563] > Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org > > Hi, > > I have to play around with GLS/ILS (never needed so far), esp. with > utf8. > > First, is there any way to determine which codes are support by GLS, for > example de_de.utf8. > > Second, if I have to install ILS where may I find the download site. > > (Solaris10 and RHEL 5.8, Informix 11.70.FC5) > > TIA > > Reinhard > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. >
Hi,
thank you, Martin.
BTW: With IBM/Informix-Client SDK Version 3.70.FC5 Copyright (C)
1991-2012 IBM following error appears:
$ glfiles
/opt/informix/bin/glfiles: test: unknown operator ==
$ which glfiles
/opt/informix/bin/glfiles
$ vi /opt/informix/bin/glfiles
#!/bin/sh
...
Line 206, 207
#Read from GLS registry now by default
if [ "$DO_OLDLCNAMES" == "yes" ]
Change "==" into "="
Now the script ran. Perhaps you can create a PMR ;-)
In file lc11.txt I found:
Filename: lc11/de_de/e01c.lco
Language: German
Territory: Germany
Code Set: utf8
Locale Name: de_de.utf8 57372 # 0xe01c
Seems not necessary to install ILS :-)
Thank again
Reinhard.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
Martin
> Fuerderer
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:38 PM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: ILS utf8 [28564]
>
> Hi,
>
> I think you can run the utility "glfiles". It usually is working
quietly for a short time
> and then exits (also quietly) ... but by that time it has written its
output into a local
> file named "lc11.txt".
> In this file you will find info about currently available locales.
> If you do not find, what you are looking for, then you probably should
install the
> ILS. When re-running the "glfiles" utility after having installed ILS,
the now
> additionally available locales should be listed as well.
>
> Regards, Martin
> --
> Martin Fuerderer
> IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management
>
> Read about the Informix Warehouse Accelerator:
> http://tinyurl.com/the-iwa-blog
>
> IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Chairman of the
Supervisory
> Board: Martina Koederitz Board of Management: Dirk Wittkopp Corporate
Seat:
> Boeblingen, Germany
> Reg.-Gericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294
>
> ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 10/18/2012 12:13:15 PM:
>
> > From: "Habichtsberg, Reinhard" <RHabichtsberg@arz-emmendingen.de>
> > To: ids@iiug.org,
> > Date: 10/18/2012 12:13 PM
> > Subject: ILS utf8 [28563]
> > Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have to play around with GLS/ILS (never needed so far), esp. with
> > utf8.
> >
> > First, is there any way to determine which codes are support by GLS,
> > for
>
> > example de_de.utf8.
> >
> > Second, if I have to install ILS where may I find the download site.
> >
> > (Solaris10 and RHEL 5.8, Informix 11.70.FC5)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Reinhard
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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*******
>
> > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
> >
>
>
>
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Hi,
I got this when actualizing to a newer version of Debian once. They modified
the default shell (dash instead of bash).
This caused the problem (== is not documented but treated as = in bash, but
not in dash).
Marcus
----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
Von: "Reinhard Habichtsberg" <RHabichtsberg@arz-emmendingen.de>
An: ids@iiug.org
Gesendet: Freitag, 19. Oktober 2012 12:30:20
Betreff: RE: ILS utf8 [28577]
Hi,
thank you, Martin.
BTW: With IBM/Informix-Client SDK Version 3.70.FC5 Copyright (C)
1991-2012 IBM following error appears:
$ glfiles
/opt/informix/bin/glfiles: test: unknown operator ==
$ which glfiles
/opt/informix/bin/glfiles
$ vi /opt/informix/bin/glfiles
#!/bin/sh
....
Line 206, 207
#Read from GLS registry now by default
if [ "$DO_OLDLCNAMES" == "yes" ]
Change "==" into "="
Now the script ran. Perhaps you can create a PMR ;-)
In file lc11.txt I found:
Filename: lc11/de_de/e01c.lco
Language: German
Territory: Germany
Code Set: utf8
Locale Name: de_de.utf8 57372 # 0xe01c
Seems not necessary to install ILS :-)
Thank again
Reinhard.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
Martin
> Fuerderer
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:38 PM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: Re: ILS utf8 [28564]
>
> Hi,
>
> I think you can run the utility "glfiles". It usually is working
quietly for a short time
> and then exits (also quietly) ... but by that time it has written its
output into a local
> file named "lc11.txt".
> In this file you will find info about currently available locales.
> If you do not find, what you are looking for, then you probably should
install the
> ILS. When re-running the "glfiles" utility after having installed ILS,
the now
> additionally available locales should be listed as well.
>
> Regards, Martin
> --
> Martin Fuerderer
> IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management
>
> Read about the Informix Warehouse Accelerator:
> http://tinyurl.com/the-iwa-blog
>
> IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Chairman of the
Supervisory
> Board: Martina Koederitz Board of Management: Dirk Wittkopp Corporate
Seat:
> Boeblingen, Germany
> Reg.-Gericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294
>
> ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 10/18/2012 12:13:15 PM:
>
> > From: "Habichtsberg, Reinhard" <RHabichtsberg@arz-emmendingen.de>
> > To: ids@iiug.org,
> > Date: 10/18/2012 12:13 PM
> > Subject: ILS utf8 [28563]
> > Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have to play around with GLS/ILS (never needed so far), esp. with
> > utf8.
> >
> > First, is there any way to determine which codes are support by GLS,
> > for
>
> > example de_de.utf8.
> >
> > Second, if I have to install ILS where may I find the download site.
> >
> > (Solaris10 and RHEL 5.8, Informix 11.70.FC5)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Reinhard
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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>
> > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
> >
>
>
>
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Certain ksh versions also have a problem with '=='. It's been deprecated
in ksh for many years but it persists because most versions still support
it. Considering that AIX's ksh is one of the ones that has dropped support
for '==' that you would think that IBM would catch that in code review!
Art
Art S. Kagel
Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com)
Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Marcus Haarmann
<marcus.haarmann@midoco.de>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got this when actualizing to a newer version of Debian once. They
> modified
> the default shell (dash instead of bash).
> This caused the problem (== is not documented but treated as = in bash, but
> not in dash).
>
> Marcus
>
> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
>
> Von: "Reinhard Habichtsberg" <RHabichtsberg@arz-emmendingen.de>
> An: ids@iiug.org
> Gesendet: Freitag, 19. Oktober 2012 12:30:20
> Betreff: RE: ILS utf8 [28577]
>
> Hi,
>
> thank you, Martin.
>
> BTW: With IBM/Informix-Client SDK Version 3.70.FC5 Copyright (C)
> 1991-2012 IBM following error appears:
>
> $ glfiles
> /opt/informix/bin/glfiles: test: unknown operator ==>
> $ which glfiles
> /opt/informix/bin/glfiles>
> $ vi /opt/informix/bin/glfiles>
> #!/bin/sh
> .....
>
> Line 206, 207
>
> #Read from GLS registry now by default
>
> if [ "$DO_OLDLCNAMES" == "yes" ]
>
> Change "==" into "="
>
> Now the script ran. Perhaps you can create a PMR ;-)
>
> In file lc11.txt I found:
>
> Filename: lc11/de_de/e01c.lco
> Language: German
> Territory: Germany
> Code Set: utf8
> Locale Name: de_de.utf8 57372 # 0xe01c
>
> Seems not necessary to install ILS :-)
>
> Thank again
> Reinhard.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> Martin
> > Fuerderer
> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:38 PM
> > To: ids@iiug.org
> > Subject: Re: ILS utf8 [28564]
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think you can run the utility "glfiles". It usually is working
> quietly for a short time
> > and then exits (also quietly) ... but by that time it has written its
> output into a local
> > file named "lc11.txt".
> > In this file you will find info about currently available locales.
> > If you do not find, what you are looking for, then you probably should
> install the
> > ILS. When re-running the "glfiles" utility after having installed ILS,
> the now
> > additionally available locales should be listed as well.
> >
> > Regards, Martin
> > --
> > Martin Fuerderer
> > IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management
> >
> > Read about the Informix Warehouse Accelerator:
> > http://tinyurl.com/the-iwa-blog
> >
> > IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Chairman of the
> Supervisory
> > Board: Martina Koederitz Board of Management: Dirk Wittkopp Corporate
> Seat:
> > Boeblingen, Germany
> > Reg.-Gericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294
> >
> > ids-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 10/18/2012 12:13:15 PM:
> >
> > > From: "Habichtsberg, Reinhard" <RHabichtsberg@arz-emmendingen.de>
> > > To: ids@iiug.org,
> > > Date: 10/18/2012 12:13 PM
> > > Subject: ILS utf8 [28563]
> > > Sent by: ids-bounces@iiug.org
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have to play around with GLS/ILS (never needed so far), esp. with
> > > utf8.
> > >
> > > First, is there any way to determine which codes are support by GLS,
> > > for
> >
> > > example de_de.utf8.
> > >
> > > Second, if I have to install ILS where may I find the download site.
> > >
> > > (Solaris10 and RHEL 5.8, Informix 11.70.FC5)
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Reinhard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> ************************************************************************
> *******
> >
> > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> ************************************************************************
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> > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
>
>
>
>
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