Localization Support

Adaptive Server supports localization for international customers and for customers with heterogeneous environments.

Localization is setting up an application to run in a particular language or country environment, including translated system messages and correct formats for date, time, and currency.

During installation or through reconfiguration, you can specify a different language, character set, and sort order.

Adaptive Server supports localization for international customers and for customers with heterogeneous environments. This support includes:

• Language Modules
  Adaptive Server stores its localized software messages in separate language modules.
• Default Character Sets
  The default character set is the one in which data is encoded and stored on the Adaptive Server databases.
• Supported Character Sets
  Adaptive Server supports many languages, scripts and character sets.
• Character Set Names
  Supported character sets and their Sybase name.
• Load Character Sets
  Use the charset utility to load character sets and sort orders into Adaptive Server. If you are using charset to load the default character set and sort order, this should be done only during installation.
• Language Definition Files Sort Order
  Supported sort orders.
• Character Set Conversion
  Backup Server passes messages to Adaptive Server in the client’s language and in the Adaptive Server character set. Adaptive Server converts the messages and issues them in the client’s language and character set.
• Sort Orders
  Each character set comes with one or more sort orders (collating sequences), which are located in the sort-order definition files (.srt files). These files accompany the character set definition files and can be found in the same directory.
• Language Modules
  Adaptive Server stores its localized software messages in separate language modules.
• Localization Directories
  Sybase localization configuration involves the locales and charsets directories.
• Changing Adaptive Server Localization Configuration
  Each language module uses approximately 2MB database space. If necessary, use the alter database command to increase the size of the master database before adding another language.