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Informix Error -79789: Server does not support GLS variables DB_LOCALE, CLIENT_LOCALE, or GL_DATE.

Cause and resolution

Server does not support GLS variables DB_LOCALE, CLIENT_LOCALE, or GL_DATE.

These variables can only be used if the database server supports GLS.

Check the documentation for your database server version and omit these variables if they are not supported.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-79789 fires when DB_LOCALE, CLIENT_LOCALE, or GL_DATE is used against a database server that doesn't support GLS — per the official guidance.

  1. A GLS-only variable (DB_LOCALE/CLIENT_LOCALE/GL_DATE) used against a non-GLS-supporting server version, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the database server version's documentation, per the official guidance, and omit these variables if unsupported.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a GLS variable used against an unsupporting server.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the database server's version for GLS support, and remove DB_LOCALE/CLIENT_LOCALE/GL_DATE if it doesn't support GLS.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -79789 in this set yet.

A GLS variable was used against a server that doesn't support GLS — check the server's version documentation and omit the variable if unsupported.