Supported code set names used by Informix®

Here is a list and explanation of code sets in which translated user interface files are provided.

Western Europe

Code set-name Code set-hex Description
8859-1 0333 Multinational code set for standard UNIX™ systems; also supports Windows™ cp1252.
PC-Latin-1 0352 IBM® PC code set
CP1252 04e4 Microsoft™ code set

Eastern Europe

Code set-name Code set-hex Description
8859-2 0390 Multinational code set for standard UNIX™ systems
PC-Latin-2 0354 IBM® PC character set
CP1250 04e2 Supports Microsoft™ Windows™
CSK e027
Mazovia e028

Cyrillic

Code set-name Code set-hex Description
KOI-8 e026 (GOST 19768-74) is also known as "Old KOI-8"
8859-5 0393 Contains the same Russian character codes as "New KOI-8" (GOST 19768-87) and Brjabrin's Osvnovnoj Variant (OV). These Russian code sets can be used interchangeably.
PC866 0362 Contains the same Russian character codes as Brjabrin's Alternativnyj Variant (AV). These Russian code sets can be used interchangeably.
CP1251 04e3 Supports Microsoft™ Windows™

Chinese

Code set-name Code set-hex Description
gb e00d Simplified Chinese Microsoft™ Windows™
big5 e008 Traditional Chinese Microsoft™ Windows™ Code Page
Shift-Big-5 e009
ccdc e00a

Korean

Code set-name Code set-hex Description
ksc e00c Korean (Wansung) Microsoft™ Windows™ Code Page

Japanese

Code set-name Code set-hex Description
ujis e007 Japanese EUC Code Page
sjis e006
sjis-s 03a4