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GLS locale filesThe locale file defines a GLS locale. It describes the basic language and cultural conventions that are relevant to the processing of data for a given language and territory.
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Locale file namesTo conform to the 8.3 filename.ext restriction on the maximum number of characters in valid file names and file extensions on DOS systems, a GLS locale file uses a condensed form of the code-set name, codemodf, in its file names.

Locale file names

To conform to the 8.3 filename.ext restriction on the maximum number of characters in valid file names and file extensions on DOS systems, a GLS locale file uses a condensed form of the code-set name, codemodf, in its file names.

The four-character code name of each locale file is the hexadecimal representation of the code-set number for the code set that the locale supports. The four-character modf name is the optional locale modifier.

For example, the ISO8859-1 code set has the CCSID number of 819 in decimal and 0333 in hexadecimal. Therefore, the four-character name of a locale source file that supports the ISO8859-1 code set is 0333.lc.

The following table shows some code sets and locale modifiers that Informix® products can support, along with their associated locale source file names.


Code set	Locale modifier	Locale source file
ISO8859-1 ( CCSID 819)	None Dictionary	0333.lc 0333dict.lc
Windows™ Code Page 1252 (West Europe)	None Dictionary	04e4.lc 04e4dict.lc
CCSID 850	None Dictionary	0352.lc 0352dict.lc

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