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GLS User's GuideThese topics describe the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in HCL® OneDB® products.The HCL OneDB™ GLS User's Guide describes the Global Language Support (GLS) feature available in HCL® OneDB® products.
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Manage GLS filesThese topics describe the files provided for GLS, which are executable only.
GLS locale filesThe locale file defines a GLS locale. It describes the basic language and cultural conventions that are relevant to the processing of data for a given language and territory.
Locale categoriesA locale file specifies behaviors for the locale categories.
The NUMERIC categoryThe NUMERIC category defines the numeric notation for display formats of nonmonetary numeric values.

The NUMERIC category

The NUMERIC category defines the numeric notation for display formats of nonmonetary numeric values.

The numeric notation for display formats of nonmonetary numeric values are:

The numeric decimal separator
The numeric thousands separator
The number of digits to group together before inserting a thousands separator
The characters that indicate positive and negative numbers

This numeric notation applies to the display formats of data for numeric (DECIMAL, INTEGER, SMALLINT, FLOAT, SMALLFLOAT) columns within a client application.

Important: Information in the NUMERIC category does not affect the internal format of the numeric data types in the database.

The NUMERIC category also defines alternative digits for use in era-based dates and times. For information about alternative digits, see Alternative date formats and Alternative time formats.