Subject | Simple Definition of Collation Sequence? |
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Author | inoffensive_2006 |
Post date | 2007-08-23T19:58:50Z |
Hi Folks:
I'm using Firebird 2.0.1 and IBPP.
Is there a simple way to define a collation sequence?
This would be for English language.
I'd like all non alpha-numeric first, followed by
numbers, then case insensitive alphas.
I see references to specifying particular character
sets to a field, but is there a way to just plop some
characters into a user built table and telling Firebird
that's how I want indexes to this field to be sorted?
I have a feeling the answer is "No", so what is the
character set for case insensitive English? What does
that do with the 6 non-alpha characters between the
upper and lower case alphas?
Thanks
Larry
I'm using Firebird 2.0.1 and IBPP.
Is there a simple way to define a collation sequence?
This would be for English language.
I'd like all non alpha-numeric first, followed by
numbers, then case insensitive alphas.
I see references to specifying particular character
sets to a field, but is there a way to just plop some
characters into a user built table and telling Firebird
that's how I want indexes to this field to be sorted?
I have a feeling the answer is "No", so what is the
character set for case insensitive English? What does
that do with the 6 non-alpha characters between the
upper and lower case alphas?
Thanks
Larry