From: "Aage Johansen" <aagjohan@...>

> Actually, I think the original query used "<" (not "starting"), the example
> with "starting" was just used when we experimented in ib_sql.
> We tried different ways with character set (_iso8859_1) and collating
> sequence (no_no), but we were always unsuccessful (with the
> lookupcombo). Trying to use _iso8859_1/no_no with the parameter was a last
> desperate effort.
> If we don't use collate in the order by, some (Swedish, in this case)
> letters create problems in the ordering, causing the functionality of the
> lookupcombo to fail. If we _do_ use the collate, it just fails in another way!
> Maybe the time has come to create our own collation...

You do not have specified the collation in field definition ?
(Otherwise you do not have to specify it in ORDER BY and WHERE clauses).

Do you have any examples which characters cause problems ?

> Anyway, why is it that I can use "collate" with a constant or fieldname,
> but not with a parameter?

Probably because standalone parameter is "typeless" ?

Ivan