On Wed, 1 May 2019 04:47:02 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: > ... >Another sequence (collation) problem which is also sometimes overlooked: one >example - 'North' certainly comes before 'Northern'. This can be resolved by >giving a space higher priority for this case. > This is sometimes approached, incorrectly IMO, by padding sith low-values in CLCL. That causes 'North' to compare as equal to 'North' || X'00'. They don't even have equal length.
>For more background info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collation > >For DFSORT this: > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.icea100/cultenv.htm > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.icea100/stand.htm > >UNICODE in IBM: > >https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.cunu100/collati.htm > >For z/OS Unix things, I believe these have also its own collation setup and >defaults. > z/OS UNIX seems to share Unicode services with legacy facilities such as DFSORT. Their behaviors and even their bugs are similar. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
