order UTF-8 encoded Strings

[gonzberg at gmx.de]

Thanks John,
ok, that was easy...

Gonz


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> Datum: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:03:00 +0000
> Von: John Snelson <http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk>
> An: http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
> CC: http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk
> Betreff: Re:  order UTF-8 encoded Strings

> Hi Gonz,
> 
> The "correct" answer is to use a collation - either a German specific 
> one or a case and diacritic insensitive one. Since the mechanism for 
> providing collations is implementation defined, how this is done will 
> depend on what XQuery engine you are using.
> 
> John
> 
> http://x-query.com/mailman/listinfo/talk wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I retrieve UTF-8 encoded Strings from my database with this XQuery:
> > 
> > for $x in //text/country order by xs:string($x) ascending return
> xs:string($x)
> > 
> > This is the result, it is not ordered like I expected:
> > 
> > Deutschland
> > Italia
> > Oabcde
> > Ägypten
> > Österreich
> > 
> > Is this the correct order according to a default collation? How would I
> order it like this (which would be standard for German language):
> > 
> > Ägypten
> > Deutschland
> > Italia
> > Oabcde
> > Österreich
> > 
> > Thanks a lot, Gonz
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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