Informix Guide to GLS Functionality
Chapter 1: GLS Fundamentals
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The Global Language Support (GLS) feature lets Informix products easily handle different languages, cultural conventions, and code sets for Asian, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries.
This chapter introduces basic concepts and describes the GLS feature. It covers the following topics:
What a GLS locale is and what information it provides
How to establish a locale for Informix products
How to customize end-user formats that a locale defines
How a client application establishes a connection with a database
How to use code-set conversion to convert character data between a client and a database, or a database and a file
How to use localized message files with Informix products
Informix Guide to GLS Functionality
, version 9.1
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