Informix GLS functions

The IBM® Informix® GLS library is an API that lets developers of DataBlade API modules create internationalized applications. This library is a threadsafe library. The macros and functions of IBM Informix GLS provide access to the GLS locales, which contain culture-specific information.

The Informix GLS library contains functions that provide the following capabilities:

Process single-byte and multibyte characters
These functions are useful for processing character data in the NCHAR and NVARCHAR data types, which can contain locale-specific information.
Format date, time, and numeric data to locale-specific formats
These functions provide the ability to handle end-user formats for the DATE, DATETIME, DECIMAL, and MONEY data types.

The mi.h header file does not automatically include the Informix GLS library.