Re: Sorting Upper-Case first. Microsoft bug?

Hi David ,
The output got is --
 Location="WA4136" />
    <row ReturnValue="0" Store_ID="8"
 Location="wA4136" />
    <row ReturnValue="0" Store_ID="10"
 Location="WA4138" />

If you observe the 1st two rows, they are sorted
correctly (W appearing before w) -- their integer part
is same. The 3rd row's integer part is different than
2nd(which makes *WA*4138 after *wA*4136 -- though
case-order is specified as upper-first) , so i believe
output is correct.. Please let me know if i am wrong.

i have just also found that *Xalan 2.5.1 produces same
result as MSXML 4.0* ..

Regards,
Mukul


--- David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Mukul
> > The output you are getting is *correct* (i.e. what
> is
> > defined in the spec)
> 
> The output shown was:
> 
> >> Location="WA4136" />
> >>    <row ReturnValue="0" Store_ID="8"
> >> Location="wA4136" />
> >>    <row ReturnValue="0" Store_ID="10"
> >> Location="WA4138" />
> 
> The spec makes it clear that either
>  W comes before w 
> or
>  w comes before W
> (depending on case-order)
> 
> Given that, how can it possibly be correct (for any
> value of case-order)
> that a sorted list has a w between two W's ???
> 
> > *There are integers in the
> > Location attribute values which make you feel
> sorted
> > output is wrong*.
> 
> In a lexicographic ordering you look at the first
> character before
> considering the later ones, the digits should have
> no effect at all if
> the first characters are different.
> 
> David
> 
>
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