Filter
Top Products
Supported DB2 interface languages
DB2 language support for DB2 interfaces can be categorized into server group
languages and client group languages. Server group languages will translate most
messages, help, and DB2 graphical interface elements. Client group languages will
translate the DB2 Runtime Client component, which will include most messages
and certain help documentation.
Server group languages include: Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Finnish,
French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Simplified
Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, and Traditional Chinese.
Client group languages include: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, Greek,
Hebrew, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Turkish.
Do not confuse languages supported by the DB2 product with languages
supported by the DB2 interface. Languages supported by DB2 product that is,
languages that data can exist in, are a superset of languages supported by the DB2
interface.
Related tasks:
v “Changing the DB2 interface language (Linux)” on page 66
v “Changing the DB2 interface language (Windows)” on page 65
v “Capturing error and diagnostic information during migration” in Migration
Guide
Related reference:
v “Conversion table files for euro-enabled code pages” in Administration Guide:
Planning
v “Conversion tables for code pages 923 and 924” in Administration Guide: Planning
v “National language versions” in Administration Guide: Planning
v “Supported territory codes and code pages” in Administration Guide: Planning
Language identifiers for running the DB2 Setup wizard in another
language
If you want to run the DB2 Setup wizard in a language different from the default
language on your computer, you can start the DB2 Setup wizard manually,
specifying a language identifier. The language must be available on the platform
where you are running the installation.
Table 3. Language identifiers
Language Language identifier
Arabic (available on Windows only) ar
Brazilian Portuguese br
Bulgarian bg
Chinese, Simplified cn
Chinese, Traditional tw
Croatian hr
Czech cz
Appendix B. Language support 67