Localization is the process of setting up an application to run in a particular national language environment. A localized application:

• Generates messages in a local language and character set

• Uses local datetime formats

A locale name is a character string that represents a language, character set, and sort order combination. For example, the locale name “fr” might represent the following language, character set, and sort order combination:

french/iso_1/binary

Sybase predefines locale names, which are listed in the locales file.