Override the default locale for a session

You can override the default locale for the current session in two ways:

• VSQL command \locale. For example:

  => \locale en_GBINFO:
  INFO 2567:  Canonical locale: 'en_GB'
  Standard collation: 'LEN'
  English (United Kingdom)
  

• SQL statement SET LOCALE. For example:

  
  => SET LOCALE TO en_GB;
  INFO 2567:  Canonical locale: 'en_GB'
  Standard collation: 'LEN'
  English (United Kingdom)
  

Both methods accept locale short and long forms. For example:

=> SET LOCALE TO LEN;
INFO 2567:  Canonical locale: 'en'
Standard collation: 'LEN'
English

=> \locale LEN
INFO 2567:  Canonical locale: 'en'
Standard collation: 'LEN'
English

See also

• SET LOCALE