Re: Locale variables

If it is in 4GL: DEFINE d DECIMAL(1,1) DEFINE c CHAR(4) LET d = 0.1 LET c = d LET c = c[2] -- Getting decimal point DISPLAY "DECIMAL POINT IS ", c If it is not you can try taking under control the decimal point with DBMONEY env. variable (of course I understand it couldn't be suitable for you, but as a variant ..) Best Regards, Octav On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 10:11:33AM -0400, Alanoly Andrews wrote: > > Hi, > > A question about "locale" settings: > > One of our programs needs to know at runtime > what the "decimal separator" is (whether it is a > period or a comma or something else) in a decimal > datatype. We do not know in advance what > "CLIENT_LOCALE" or 'SERVER_LOCALE" a user > may set for a session. We know that using the > "CLIENT_LOCALE" value, it is possible to traverse > the informix directories and read a file called "lg_tr.lc" > to get the decimal separator. Is there an easier way, > such as an environment variable or a function call > which will return the "decimal separator" character for a > particular "locale" setting? > > Thanks. > > IDS 7.31 UC2 > AIX 4.3.2 > > > Alanoly J. Andrews -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 22 99 67 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 22 84 88 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com