DB2 supports many code sets and locales without translating the messages for the corresponding languages. Supporting a locale means that you can create and use a database in that locale, but you may have to view all panels and messages in a different language, if translated messages are not available in DB2. For a complete list of locales supported, refer to the Administration Guide.
If you want to operate in a different language environment, perform the following steps:
Step 1. | Ensure that the appropriate message option for the desired language has been installed. |
Step 2. | Set the LANG environment variable to the desired locale. For example, to use fr_FR messages on DB2 for Linux, you must have the fr_FR message option installed and must set LANG to fr_FR.
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The selected message catalog filesets are placed in the following directory on the target workstation:
/usr/IBMdb2/V7.1/msg/%L
where %L is equal to the locale name of the message catalog.