syslanguages

Applies to master database only. syslanguages contains one row for each language known to SAP ASE. us_english is not in syslanguages, but it is always available to the SAP ASE server.

Columns

The columns for syslanguages are:

Name

Datatype

Description

langid

smallint

Unique language ID

dateformat

char(3)

Date order; for example, “dmy”

datefirst

tinyint

First day of the week—1 for Monday, 2 for Tuesday, and so on, up to 7 for Sunday

upgrade

int

SAP ASE version of last upgrade for this language

name

varchar(30)

Official language name, for example, “french”

alias

varchar(30) null

Alternate language name, for example, “français”

months

varchar(251)

Comma-separated list of full-length month names, in order from January to December—each name is at most 20 characters long

shortmonths

varchar(119)

Comma-separated list of shortened month names, in order from January to December—each name is at most 9 characters long

days

varchar(216)

Comma-separated list of day names, in order from Monday to Sunday—each name is at most 30 characters long

Indexes

  • Unique clustered index on langid

  • Unique nonclustered index on name

  • Unique nonclustered index on alias