Re: accented Latin characters sort order, non-language dependant

From: Otto Stolz (Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: Tue Jul 11 2006 - 03:17:58 CDT

  • Next message: Philippe Verdy: "Re: accented Latin characters sort order, non-language dependant"

    Hello,

    Philippe Verdy schrieb:
    > In German, "München" (the city of Munich in Germany) sorts like "MUENCHEN", not like "MUNCHEN"...

    That is less than half of the truth.

    In German, there are still two, mutually incompatible, sort orders in
    use: In 1st approximation,
    - in dictionaries, "München" would sort like "Munchen",
    - in German phone directories, "München" would sort like "Muenchen",
    - in Austrian phone directories, "München" would sort after "Muz"
       (according to <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_5007> -- I do not
       have 1st hand knowledge, in this particular case).

    Best wishes,
        Otto Stolz

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