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Client APIs and toolsYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of client APIs to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
GLS User's GuideThese topics describe the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in HCL® OneDB® products.The HCL OneDB™ GLS User's Guide describes the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in HCL® OneDB® products.
HCL OneDB™ ESQL/C featuresThese topics explain how the GLS feature affects HCL OneDB™ ESQL/C, an SQL application programming interface (API).
Enhanced ESQL/C library functionsHCL OneDB™ SQL API products support locale-specific enhancements to the HCL OneDB™ ESQL/C library functions.
Numeric-format functionsThe HCL OneDB™ ESQL/C numeric-format functions are rfmtdec(), rfmtdouble(), and rfmtlong().

Numeric-format functions

The HCL OneDB™ ESQL/C numeric-format functions are rfmtdec(), rfmtdouble(), and rfmtlong().

These functions support the following extensions to format numeric values:

Support for multibyte characters in format strings
Locale-specific formats for numeric values
Formatting characters for currency symbols
Support for the DBMONEY environment variable

These topics describe locale-specific behavior of the HCL OneDB ESQL/C numeric-format functions. For general information about the HCL OneDB ESQL/C numeric-format functions, see the HCL OneDB ESQL/C Programmer's Manual.

Tip: For a list of errors that these HCL OneDB ESQL/C numeric-format functions might return, see GLS-specific error messages.