GetLocale Function

In NLS mode, retrieves the current locale setting for a specified category.

Syntax

$Include UNIVERSE.INCLUDE UVNLSLOC.H
name = GetLocale (category)

category is one of the following include tokens:

Token
Meaning
UVLC$TIME
Time and date
UVLC$NUMERIC
Numeric
UVLC$MONETARY
Currency
UVLC$CTYPE
Character type
UVLC$COLLATE
Sorting sequence

Remarks

GetLocale returns one of the following error tokens if it cannot retrieve the locale setting:

Error
Meaning
LCE$NOLOCALES
NLS is not enabled for IBM® InfoSphere® DataStage®.
LCE$BAD.CATEGORY
The specified category is not recognized.