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Informix Guide to GLS Functionality
Managing GLS Files

Accessing GLS Files

Informix products access the following GLS files to obtain locale-related information. For an overview of what type of information these files provide, see Understanding a GLS Locale.

GLS Files Reference
GLS locale files page A-3
Code-set-conversion files page A-13
Code-set files page A-16
The registry file page A-16

In general, you do not need to examine the GLS files. However, you might want to look at these files to determine the following locale-specific information.

Locale-Specific Information GLS File to Examine Reference
Collation order
Exact localized order Source locale file (*.lc): COLLATION category page A-6
Exact code-set collation order Source code-set file (*.cm) page A-16
Character mappings
Locale-specific mapping between uppercase and lowercase characters Source locale file (*.lc): CTYPE category page A-5
Locale-specific classification of characters Source locale file (*.lc): CTYPE category page A-5
Code-set-specific character mappings Source code-set file (*.cm) page A-16
Mappings between characters of the source and target code sets Source code-set-conversion file (*.cv) page A-13
Method for character mismatches during code-set conversion Source code-set-conversion file (*.cv) page A-13
Code points for characters Source code-set file (*.cm) page A-16
End-user formats
Numeric (nonmonetary) data Source locale file (*.lc): NUMERIC category page A-7
Monetary data Source locale file (*.lc): MONETARY category page A-7
Date data Source locale file (*.lc): TIME category page A-8
Time data Source locale file (*.lc): TIME category page A-8

Informix Guide to GLS Functionality, Version 9.2
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