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Client APIs and toolsYou can use the HCL Informix® implementation of client APIs to develop applications for Informix® database servers.
GLS User's GuideThe Informix® GLS User's Guide describes the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in Informix® products.
GLS fundamentalsThe Global Language Support (GLS) feature lets Informix® products handle different languages, cultural conventions, and code sets for Asian, African, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries.
The GLS featureIn a database application, some of the tasks that the database server and the client application perform depend on the language and culture conventions of the data that they handle.
GLS support by HCL Informix® products supports HCL Informix® products and utilities.
HCL Informix® database serversGLS support for certain locales is installed by default.

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GLS support for certain locales is installed by default.

GLS is a single feature that provides support for single-byte and multibyte data in non-English languages. For compatibility with earlier versions, GLS products also support all of the NLS environment variables and a subset of the ALS environment variables.

The default en_us locale and the Chinese locale zh_cn are installed by default.

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