RE: sorting

The default sort order for character data is by hex value.  In EBCDIC, the
digits 0-9 are hex values x'F0'-x'F9', which puts them at the end of the
sort, after the alphabetic letters.  However, in ASCII, the digits are
x'30'-x'39', while the letters start at x'41'.  Therefore, in ASCII, the
digits come BEFORE the letters in ASCII.

This has been an issue in ASCII/EBCDIC since the olden days.  Welcome to the
wonderful world of distributed processing... <wry grin>

Joe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angela Wawrzaszek
>
> I have a 2 position text field that I am sorting by.  The codes
> go from AA,
> AB...A1, A2... BB, B1  etc.  We are sending this to a sql server.
>  When they
> sort it,  the order is  A1, AA,  ...B1, BB   The numerics are taking
> precedence.  They say it is sorting ascii.  I thought ascii sort was
> alpha/numeric also???