SERVER_LOCALE

The SERVER_LOCALE environment variable specifies the server locale, which the database server uses to perform read and write operations that involve operating-system files on the server computer. For more information about the server locale, see The Server Locale and GLS Support by Informix Database Servers.

>>-SERVER_LOCALE--language--_--territory--.--code_set--+-----------+-><
                                                       '-@modifier-'

Element

Description

code_set

Name of the code set that the locale supports

language

Two-character name that represents the language for a specific locale

modifier

Optional locale modifier that has a maximum of four alphanumeric characters.

territory

Two-character name that represents the cultural conventions. For example, territory might specify the Swiss version of the French, German, or Italian language.

The modifier specification modifies the cultural-convention settings that the language and territory settings imply. The modifier usually indicates a special type of localized collation that the locale supports. For example, you can set @modifier to specify dictionary or telephone-book collating order.

An example nondefault server locale for a French-Canadian locale follows:

SERVER_LOCALE fr_ca.8859-1

If you do not set SERVER_LOCALE, Informix database servers use the default locale, U.S. English, as the server locale.