Access GLS files

HCL OneDB™ products access the GLS files to obtain locale-related information.

The following table shows the GLS files to obtain locale-related information. For an overview of what type of information these files provide, see A GLS locale.
GLS files Reference
GLS locale files GLS locale files
Code-set-conversion files Code-set-conversion files
Code-set files Code-set files
The registry file The HCL OneDB registry file (Windows)
In general, you do not need to examine the GLS files. You might, however, want to look at these files to determine the following locale-specific information.
Locale-specific information GLS file to examine Reference
Exact localized collation order Source locale file (*.lc): COLLATION category The COLLATION category
Exact code-set collation order Source code-set file (*.cm) Code-set files
Locale-specific mapping between uppercase and lowercase characters Source locale file (*.lc): CTYPE category The CTYPE category
Locale-specific classification of characters Source locale file (*.lc): CTYPE category The CTYPE category
Code-set-specific character mappings Source code-set file (*.cm) Code-set files
Mappings between characters of the source and target code sets Source code-set-conversion file (*.cv) Code-set-conversion files
Method for character mismatches during code-set conversion Source code-set-conversion file (*.cv) Code-set-conversion files
Code points for characters Source code-set file (*.cm) Code-set files
Numeric (nonmonetary) data display format Source locale file (*.lc): NUMERIC category The NUMERIC category
Monetary data display format Source locale file (*.lc): MONETARY category The MONETARY category
Date data display format Source locale file (*.lc): TIME category The TIME category
Time data display format Source locale file (*.lc): TIME category The TIME category