CLIENT_LOCALE

The CLIENT_LOCALE environment variable specifies the client locale, which the client application uses in read and write operations, end-user formats, and processing ESQL statements. See also The Client Locale.

>>-CLIENT_LOCALE--Language--_--territory--.--code_set--+-----------+-><
                                                       '-@modifier-'
 

Element

Description

code_set

Name of the code set that the locale supports

language

Two-character name that represents the language for a specific locale

modifier

Optional locale modifier that has a maximum of four alphanumeric characters.

territory

Two-character name that represents the cultural conventions. For example, territory might specify the Swiss version of the French, German, or Italian language.

The modifier specification modifies the cultural-convention settings that the language and territory settings imply. The modifier usually indicates a special localized collating order that the locale supports.

An example nondefault client locale for a French-Canadian locale follows:

CLIENT_LOCALE fr_ca.8859-1

If you do not set CLIENT_LOCALE, the client application uses the default locale, U.S. English, as the client locale.