Subject | Re: Problem with COLLATE EN_UK |
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Author | artlooksoftware |
Post date | 2005-10-13T15:00:41Z |
Two questions for you then:
1. Why does EN_US sort quite happily on commas and spaces while EN_UK
does not?
2. Can you point me to anywhere which might help with creating my own
collation order? I program in Delphi not C however.
Thanks.
Jonathan Hyams
--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ann W. Harrison"
<aharrison@i...> wrote:
1. Why does EN_US sort quite happily on commas and spaces while EN_UK
does not?
2. Can you point me to anywhere which might help with creating my own
collation order? I program in Delphi not C however.
Thanks.
Jonathan Hyams
--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ann W. Harrison"
<aharrison@i...> wrote:
>
> artlooksoftware wrote:
> > So there is no alternative collate that will sort correctly on spaces
> > etc?
>
> Err, correctness is in the eyes of the beholder. Western European
> collations appear to consider punctuation and spaces as secondary (or
> tertiary) characteristics.
>
> You could, I suppose, create your own.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Ann
>