Informix Guide to GLS Functionality Database Server Features

GLS Support by Informix Database Servers

Database Server Code-Set Conversion

Data That the Database Server Converts

Locale-Specific Support for Utilities

Non-ASCII Characters in Database Server Utilities

Non-ASCII Characters in SQL Utilities

Locale Support For C User-Defined Routines

Current Processing Locale for UDRs

Non-ASCII Characters in Source Code

In C-Language Statements

In SQL Statements

Copying Character Data

The Informix GLS Library

Character Processing with Informix GLS

Compatibility of Wide-Character Data Types

Code-Set Conversion and the DataBlade API

Character Strings in UDRs

Character Strings in Opaque-Type Support Functions

Locale-Specific Data Formatting

Internationalized Exception Messages

Inserting Custom Exception Messages

Searching for Custom Messages

Specifying Parameter Markers

Internationalized Tracing Messages

Inserting Messages in the systracemsgs System Catalog Table

Putting Internationalized Trace Messages into Code

Searching for Trace Messages

Locale-Sensitive Data in an Opaque Data Type

Internationalized Input and Output Support Functions

Internationalized Send and Receive Support Functions