DDL Language Elements
Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual — 426798-002
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DDL Locale Names
file-identifier
consists of 1 to 8 alphabetic or numeric ASCII characters; the first character must
be alphabetic.
These are examples of valid file names:
DDL Locale Names
The DDL compiler recognizes locale names for internationalization support. You are
allowed to specify the language, territory, and character set for a text item. The
specified locale name must be in the following format:
locale-name
either of the following:
constant-name
specifies a DDL name for a constant, as previously defined in the DDL
dictionary. The name cannot be the same as a DDL keyword or reserved word.
LN"string"
specifies the value of a string constant;
string
is a string of from 1 to 130
ASCII characters in the following form:
language-code[_territory-code][.charset]
language-code
is a character string forming a language symbol.
territory-code
is a two-character string forming an ISO 3166:1988 Alpha-2 code
entity name.
locale-name
\DALLAS.$DATA.SALES.CUSTOMER
$DATA.SALES.CUSTOMER
$DATA.CUSTOMER
SALES.CUSTOMER
CUSTOMER
Network file name
Fully qualified local file name
Local file name; assumes current default subvolume
Local file name; assumes current default volume
Local file name; assumes current default volume
and subvolume.
VST202.vsd