mi_char *mi_get_db_locale(void);

The mi_get_db_locale( ) function returns the value of the current database locale, which indicates the IBM Informix GLS locale that the database server uses. The server-locale name gives information about language, territory, code set, and optionally other information about the database server. For more information about the server locale, see the IBM Informix: GLS User's Guide.

The database server locale can be one of the following:

• The current session locale, if it is different than the value of the DB_LOCALE environment variable
• The value of DB_LOCALE
• en_us.8859-1, if DB_LOCALE is not set

An mi_char pointer

is a pointer to the name of the current database locale