Re: [HELP] Strange sort order. Why?

On 2/21/05 11:29 PM, "Vladimir Weinstein" <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Vladimir,

Then I ask in other way. Can I get THIS ORDER using ICU ?

        Sadler  Saunder  Sánchez            (1)

I need this order, because I use this sorted list for range search.
I need find all strings that START WITH 'Sa'.

Having order 

        Sadler Sánchez Saunder              (2)

I get incorrect results. Because I find left point of range "Sadler"
Then I find right point of range "Saunder"...
And into result I get all 3 words including "Sánchez"

But users say: 
    Hey, I have choose SECONDARY option.
    I do not want to see accents in the result!

So how to get order (1) ?

> Hi,
> 
> this is expected order. The difference between a and accented a is by default
> a secondary difference - meaning it is examined only if the strings are
> equivalent on the primary level.  Since there is a primary difference between
> 'u' and 'n' it takes precedence and thus establishes the sort order.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> v.
> 
> Ruslan Zasukhin wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> If to go on this online demo
>> 
>> http://www-950.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/demo/locales/en/?_=en_US&d
>> _=en&x=col
>> 
>> And use these 3 words
>> 
>>     Sadler
>>     Saunder
>>     Sánchez
>> 
>> The result of sorting will be
>> 
>>     Sadler
>>     Sánchez
>>     Saunder
>> 
>> This result of sorting we have for any set of parameters, btw!
>> 
>>     user want to use in fact SECONDARY(=1) value as collation strength.
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> QUESTION IS:
>> 
>>     it looks to me (and to our customers) that this is WRONG order.
>>     for example Excel and any other soft we have try show order
>> 
>>     Sadler
>>     Saunder
>>     Sánchez
>>     
>> 
>> Why ICU produce this wrong order ????
>> 
>> Or where we do mistake ?
>> 
>> 

-- 
Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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