General SQL API features (ESQL/C)

These topics explain how the GLS feature affects applications that you develop with the IBM® Informix® Client Software Development Kit.

Support for GLS in IBM Informix client applications
To connect to a database, the IBM Informix ESQL/C client application requests a connection from the database server. The database server must verify that it can access the database and establish the connection between the client and the database.
Globalize client applications
To globalize or localize a client application, use IBM Informix GLS, an application programming interface (API) for applications that use a C-language interface.
Handle locale-specific data
Each IBM Informix SQL API product contains a processor to process Informix ESQL/C source files that have embedded SQL and preprocessor statements.

Parent topic: GLS User's Guide