Sybase DC35823-01-1500-04 Changing the localization configuration, Editing the locales.dat file

CHAPTER 7 Customizing Localization for Adaptive Server

Editing the locales.dat file

Before beginning the edit, make a copy of the original file, in case you have problems with the resulting edited version.

To edit the locales.dat file:

1Open the locales.dat file copy in a text editor.

2Find the section enclosed in brackets:

•For Sun Solaris, [sun_svr4]

•For HP, [hp ux]

•For IBM, [aix]

3Make sure the section contains an entry for the language (syb_language) and character set (syb_charset) combination that you want to use.

Note The value for platform_locale must match the value required by your operating system. If the locales definitions in your system configuration files do not match the Sybase locale definitions, your applications will not run properly.

For example, if you want your Open Client messages to appear in French, and Adaptive Server is using the ROMAN8 character set, you would check the locales.dat entries for your platform and look for the following entry:

locale = fr_FR, french, roman8

4Add the required entry or modify an existing entry.

5Save the changes, if any, and exit the text editor.

Changing the localization configuration

By default, the Adaptive Server and Backup Server configurations uses the

English locale settings localization, which include:

•Character set definition files for Western European character sets

•Sort order definition files for Western European character sets

•us_english system message files

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