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What Are the Cloudscape Tools and Utilities?
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Tools and LocalizationThe Cloudscape tools provide support for common localization features (such as localized message files and GUI, locale-appropriate formatting of data, codesets, unicode identifiers and data, and database locales). For general information about international Cloudscape systems, see the Internationalization appendix in the Cloudscape Developer's Guide.
About LocalesIn the Cloudscape documentation, we refer to three locales:
Database LocaleTo specify a database locale, use the locale attribute on the URL connection when creating (or upgrading) the database, or from the New Database dialog in Cloudview. NOTE: You cannot modify a database's locale after the database has been created or upgraded from a previous Cloudscape version. For information about database locales, see the Internationalization appendix in the Cloudscape Developer's Guide. Specifying a Locale for Messages and Display TextBy default, ij and Cloudview messages and text display in the language of the system locale. When starting ij or Cloudview, you can use the cloudscape.ui.locale property to override the default system locale for the duration of the ij or Cloudview session. To specify a locale for message and GUI text, set the cloudscape.ui.locale property to a supported locale when you start ij or Cloudview. Specifying an Alternate CodesetYou can specify an alternate codeset for your tool session. Use the cloudscape.ui.codeset property when starting ij or Cloudview. This property can be useful when working with scripts created on a different system or data that was imported or exported from a system with a codeset different from your system's default codeset. Formatting Display of Locale-sensitive DataTo display dates, timestamps, numbers, and times in the format of the ij or Cloudview Session locale, use the View, Local Data Representation menu option (Cloudview), or the LocalizedDisplay command (ij). NOTE: These options do not change how Cloudscape stores locale-sensitive data, simply how the tool displays the data. The following example demonstrates using localizedDisplay in an en_US locale: ij> VALUES CURRENT_DATE; SQLCol1 ---------- 2000-05-01 1 row selected ij> localizeddisplay on; ij> VALUES CURRENT_DATE; SQLCol1 ------------------ May 1, 2000 1 row selected Importing and Exporting Data Between Locales and CodesetsWith the Import/Export utilities, you can specify locales and codesets for:
For information about localized import/export operations, see Chapter 6, "Using the Bulk Import and Export Utilities". |
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