Administration: Globalization Documentation Changes

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These changes affect About International Language Data.

International Languages and Character Sets
Topic Section Correction
What is ICU, and when is it needed? When is ICU needed on the database server? (all platforms except Windows Mobile) When is ICU needed on the database server? (all platforms)

These changes affect About International Language Data.

Locales
Topic Section Correction
Locale character set 1. If the SACHARSET environment variable is set, its value is used to determine the character set.

The database server uses SACHARSET only when creating new databases, and then only if no collation is specified.

1. If the IQCHARSET environment variable is set, its value is used to determine the character set.

The database server uses IQCHARSET only when creating new databases, and then only if no collation is specified.

Parent topic: Documentation Changes