Native Language Support

ALLBASE/SQL lets you manipulate databases in a number of native languages in addition to the default language, known as NATIVE-3000. You can use either 8-bit or 16-bit character data, as appropriate for the language you select. In addition, you can always include ASCII data in any database, since ASCII is a subset of each supported character set. The collating sequence for sorting and comparisons is that of the native language selected.

You can use native language characters in the following places, including the following places:

Character literals.
Host variables for CHAR or VARCHAR data (but not variable names).
ALLBASE/SQL names.
WHERE and VALUES clauses.

If your system has the proper message files installed, ALLBASE/SQL displays prompts, messages and banners in the language you select, and it displays dates and time according to local customs. In addition, ISQL accepts responses to its prompts in the native language selected. However, regardless of the native language used, the syntax of ISQL and SQL commands--including punctuation--remains in ASCII.

Note that MPE XL does not support native language file names nor DBEnvironment names.

In order to use a native language other than the default, you must do the following:

Make sure your I/O devices support the character set you wish to use.
Set the MPE job control word NLUSERLANG to the number (LangNum) of the native language you wish to use. Use the following MPE XL command:
SETJCW NLUSERLANG = LangNum
This language then becomes the current language. (If NLUSERLANG is not set, the current language is NATIVE-3000.)
Use the LANG = LanguageName option of the START DBE NEW command to specify the language when you create a DBEnvironment.

Run the MPE XL utility program NLUTIL.PUB.SYS to determine which native languages are supported on your system. Here is a list of some supported languages, preceded by the LangNum for each:



   0 NATIVE-3000         9 ITALIAN            52 ARABICW

   1 AMERICAN           10 NORWEGIAN          61 GREEK

   2 C-FRENCH           11 PORTUGUESE         71 HEBREW

   3 DANISH             12 SPANISH            81 TURKISH

   4 DUTCH              13 SWEDISH           201 CHINESE-S

   5 ENGLISH            14 ICELANDIC         211 CHINESE-T

   6 FINNISH            41 KATAKANA          221 JAPANESE

   7 FRENCH             51 ARABIC            231 KOREAN

   8 GERMAN

Resetting NLUSERLANG while you are connected to a DBEnvironment has no effect on the current DBE session.

Native Language Support

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