Code-set-conversion files
The code-set-conversion file describes how to map each character in a particular source code set to the characters of a particular target code set.
HCL
OneDB™ products
can perform a given code-set conversion if code-set-conversion files
exist to describe the mapping between the two code sets.
Important: A client application checks the code sets that the
client and database locales support when it begins execution. If code
sets are different, and no code-set-conversion files exist, the client
application generates an error. For information, see Establish a database connection.
When the HCL
OneDB product needs to obtain
code-set-conversion information, it accesses one of the GLS code-set-conversion files in the
following table.
| Platform | Code-set-conversion file |
|---|---|
| UNIX™ | $INFORMIXDIR/gls/cvY/code1code2.cvo |
| Windows™ | %INFORMIXDIR%\gls\cvY\code1code2.cvo |
In these paths, INFORMIXDIR is the environment variable that specifies the directory in which you install the HCL OneDB product, gls is the subdirectory that contains the GLS files, and Y represents the version number for the code-set-conversion object-file format.
This rest of this section describes the remaining elements in the path name of GLS code-set-conversion files.