Re: Informix Online Version 7.2 and German Character Set

Michael Schiffer wrote: > = > We have installed Informix Online Version 7.2 on server with Digital > Unix 4.0. Does anyone know which setting must be made to allow the > usage of German character set (like =B4=E4=B4, =B4=FC=B4etc.)? > = > Thanks in advance > = > Michael Schiffer I only have experience with 7.1x on Sun, SNI, ... not on Dec: LC_CTYPE=3Dde; export LC_CTYPE Have a look at /usr/lib/locale: There should be a directory for each = language in the above cases called 'de'. Tried to EMail you, but run into delivery problems with = <schi@angie.vil.ditec.de>. Will You trie to use NLS (or better GLS - as it is called in 7.2)? If Yes would You be so kind to share Your experience? We run into serious problems with NLS on 7.1x. First it did not use any index on nchar-columns, and 7.13 solves the problem by a = 'full-index-scan' - which is consuming more time than a full-table-scan. hth martin - Dr. Materna GmbH | EMail. Martin.Berns@Materna.De = Martin Berns | Tel.: +49 231/5599-231 Vosskuhle 37 | FAX: +49 231/5599-574 = D-44141 Dortmund | X.400: S=3DBERNS;G=3DMARTIN;P=3DMATERNA;A=3DUMI-DE;C=3D= DE