Re: Informix-Connect to SAP R/3

Rich Moldovan wrote: > I am currently trying to get the Informix Connect /ROM tools to > connect over TCPIP to a SAP R/3 instance on Informix 7.23. > I seem to have problems setting up the client_locale in the > Informix SetNet32 (Win95 enviornment) utility. A SAP document > (#27722) implies that 'The CLIENT_LOCALE variable is not set or used > in the R/3 environment'. Without setting this variable I get an > error message that it (DB Explorer) unable to do character conversion. > When I set it to 'C', I can connect, and see the instance, but trying > to view the tables/views, etc. results in an error message of > 'Unable to complete character conversion because the string for the > locale could not be interpereted'. Has anyone had any success getting > these tools to connect to a SAP R/3 instance, and if so what paramaters > did you have set in the SetNet utility. > Thanks in advance, > I do not work wit SAP, but I got the same error using ROM and DSA 7.23. After reading TFM (GLS), I found the the default for CLIENT_LOCALE is different on Unix and on Win/95. My solution was to set the CLIENT_LOCALE to the default value used on Unix (en_US.819) and since then everything works fine. Hope this helps Tino.