Informix - How to Define Database Code Page

You can use the following query to define the codepage (locale) of a database in Informix:

Informix:

  -- Define locale of SALES database
  SELECT * FROM sysmaster:sysdbslocale WHERE dbs_dbsname = 'sales'

Result:

Note that 819 codepage in Informix corresponds to Latin 1 - ISO 8859-1 codepage.

Typical locales:

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