Information Schema LOCALES Table
Description
The Information Schema LOCALES table contains a list of all compiled-in locales. It is only available if the LOCALES plugin has been installed.
It contains the following columns:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
ID |
Row ID. |
NAME |
Locale name, for example en_GB. |
DESCRIPTION |
Locale description, for example English - United Kingdom. |
MAX_MONTH_NAME_LENGTH |
Numeric length of the longest month in the locale |
MAX_DAY_NAME_LENGTH |
Numeric length of the longest day name in the locale. |
DECIMAL_POINT |
Decimal point character (some locales use a comma). |
THOUSAND_SEP |
Thousand's character separator, |
ERROR_MESSAGE_LANGUAGE |
Error message language. |
The table is not a standard Information Schema table, and is a MariaDB extension.
The SHOW LOCALES statement returns a subset of the information.
Example
SELECT * FROM information_schema.LOCALES; +-----+-------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------+--------------+------------------------+ | ID | NAME | DESCRIPTION | MAX_MONTH_NAME_LENGTH | MAX_DAY_NAME_LENGTH | DECIMAL_POINT | THOUSAND_SEP | ERROR_MESSAGE_LANGUAGE | +-----+-------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------+--------------+------------------------+ | 0 | en_US | English - United States | 9 | 9 | . | , | english | | 1 | en_GB | English - United Kingdom | 9 | 9 | . | , | english | | 2 | ja_JP | Japanese - Japan | 3 | 3 | . | , | japanese | | 3 | sv_SE | Swedish - Sweden | 9 | 7 | , | | swedish | | 4 | de_DE | German - Germany | 9 | 10 | , | . | german | | 5 | fr_FR | French - France | 9 | 8 | , | | french | | 6 | ar_AE | Arabic - United Arab Emirates | 6 | 8 | . | , | english | | 7 | ar_BH | Arabic - Bahrain | 6 | 8 | . | , | english | | 8 | ar_JO | Arabic - Jordan | 12 | 8 | . | , | english | ... | 106 | no_NO | Norwegian - Norway | 9 | 7 | , | . | norwegian | | 107 | sv_FI | Swedish - Finland | 9 | 7 | , | | swedish | | 108 | zh_HK | Chinese - Hong Kong SAR | 3 | 3 | . | , | english | | 109 | el_GR | Greek - Greece | 11 | 9 | , | . | greek | +-----+-------+-------------------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------+---------------+--------------+------------------------+
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