Open Client and Open Server products use the environment variables shown in Table A-2 during localization.
Environment variable |
Set it to a locale name that indicates |
Used during |
|---|---|---|
LC_ALL |
Language, character set, and collating sequence to use for messages, datatype conversions, and sorting. |
Initial localization, custom localization |
LANG |
Language, character set, and collating sequence to use for messages, datatype conversions, and sorting. Open Client and Open Server products search for LANG if they cannot find LC_ALL. |
Initial localization |
LC_COLLATE |
Collating sequence (sort order) to use when sorting and comparing character data. |
Custom localization |
LC_CTYPE |
Character set to use for datatype conversions. |
Custom localization |
LC_MESSAGE |
Language to use for messages. |
Custom localization |
LC_TIME |
Date and time data representation to use for a datetime string, such as date and time formats, names in the native language, and month and day abbreviations. |
Custom localization |
The LC_* environment variables are POSIX standard environment variables and can be used by non-Sybase applications. Verify that the locales.dat file lists the same locale names as are used by the environment variables of the non-Sybase application.
