David Johnson wrote:

>In engine implementation, a Locale object will exist for every collation
>that is supported. Subclasses of Locale will implement localized rules
>for case conversion and string comparison.
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>
>

The engine doesn't really have a locale. The server, which contains an
engine, certainly doesn't have a locale. A locale, at best, is a
property of a client or, more properly, a connection. The question is
whether the simplicity and, perhaps, performance in the engine, server,
and remote interface balances the increase in bytes transmitted over the
wire.

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Jim Starkey
Netfrastructure, Inc.
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