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SELECT AZ , hex(hex( AZ )) FROM az ORDER BY hex(AZ)
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--- On Thu, 1/8/09, David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Sorting characters with accents
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 5:53 AM
Hi,
With this request : SELECT AZ , hex( AZ ) FROM az ORDER BY AZ
I'm getting
AZ HEX ( AZ )
ê 52
à 7C
a 81
c 83
e 85
é C0
è D0
ç E0
If I use ORDER BY hex(AZ)
I get
AZ HEX ( AZ )
é C0
è D0
ç E0
ê 52
à 7C
a 81
c 83
e 85
Can anyone tell me how the sorting works?
Thanks
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