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Version: 8.0

MESSAGE_LANGUAGE - UQUERY configuration option

Description​

The MESSAGE_LANGUAGE option specifies the Universal Message Catalog (UMC) file that will be used to write messages.

Each UMC file contains messages for a specific language.

Usage​

Method

Syntax

IBM i

UNIX

Windows

z/OS

Command Line, Short Form

-L language

Command Line, Long Form

-lang language

Environment Variable

UQRYLANG=language

Configuration File Keyword

language language

STRUQR Parameter

MSGLANG(language)

Values​

language is the UMC file that will be used to write messages.

The first three characters of the language name are used as a three-character suffix in the UMC file base name (for example, uelmceng.umc). All UMC files have a .umc extension.

IBM i

The first three characters of the language name are used as a three-character suffix in the UMC member base name UCMMC. UMC files are located in the source physical file UNVPRD510/UNVNLS.

z/OS

The first three characters of the language name are used as a three-character suffix in the UMC member name. UMC files are read from the partitioned data set allocated on ddname UNVNLS. Universal Query message catalog member names start with UQRMC.

Default is uelmceng.umc.