langinstall

Installs a new language in an SAP ASE.

The utility is located in:
  • (UNIX) $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/bin.

  • (Windows) %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_ASE%\bin, as langinst.exe.

Syntax

langinstall
	[-I path]
	[-P password]
	[-R release_number]
	[-S server]
	[-U user]
	language
	character_set
Or
langinstall -v

Parameters

Usage

The SAP ASE installation program runs langinstall automatically for a new installation as well as for customers who are upgrading from an earlier version.

langinstall:
  • Adds the specified language-specific information to master..syslanguages using sp_addlanguage. If the language already exists, langinstall updates the appropriate row in syslanguages.

  • Adds to, updates, and deletes error messages as necessary from master..sysmessages.

  • Updates syslanguages.update, inserting the new release number.

  • Validates the entries in the localization file sections that it uses. If anything is missing, langinstall prints an error message and does not add the language to syslanguages.

  • Compares the version numbers of each localization file it uses, common.loc and server.loc. If they are not the same, it prints a warning message. syslanguages.upgrade is always set according to the version number in server.loc.

See also:
  • Reference Manual: Proceduressp_addlanguage, sp_addlogin, sp_configure, sp_defaultlanguage, sp_droplanguage, sp_helplanguage

Permissions

Only a system administrator using the “sa” account can run langinstall.

Tables used

master.dbo.syslanguages, master.dbo.sysmessages

Related concepts
Utility Commands Reference
Utilities for Languages, Character Sets, and Sort Orders
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