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CLIENT_LOCALE
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Purpose
The esqlmf filter converts all non-ASCII characters in literal strings and comments to octal
constants (for C compilers that do not support these uses of non-ASCII characters).
The esqlmf filter converts non-ASCII characters in literal strings to octal constants but
allows them in comments (some C compilers do support non-ASCII characters in
comments).
The esqlmf filter allows non-ASCII characters in literal strings and ensures that all the
bytes in the non-ASCII characters have the eighth bit set (for C compilers with this
requirement).
The esqlmf filter does not filter non-ASCII characters (for C compilers that support
multibyte characters in literal strings and comments).
To invoke esqlmf each time that you process an ESQL/C file with the esql
command, set the ESQLMF environment variable to 1. If you do not set
CC8BITLEVEL, the esql command assumes a value for CC8BITLEVEL of 0.
Important: For ESQLMF to take effect, do not set CC8BITLEVEL to 3.
CLIENT_LOCALE
The CLIENT_LOCALE environment variable specifies the client locale, which
the client application uses to perform read and write operations, as well as
for other uses such as determining end-user formats and processing ESQL
statements. For information about the client locale, see “The Client Locale”
on page 1-24.
CLIENT_LOCALE
language
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territory
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code_set
@modifier
GLS Environment Variables 2-5