Could anyone look at this? Mark
On 27-2-2016 14:00, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > In an attempt to find an answer to a stackoverflow question > (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35581763/firebird-utf-8-german-phonebook-sorting), > I installed an extra ICU library (ICU 5.6) in my Firebird 2.5.5 install. > > And I ran into a variety of problems. > > I added to /bin > > * icudt56.dll > * icuin56.dll > * icuuc56.dll > > And modified fbintl.conf to > > <intl_module builtin> > icu_versions default 5.6 > </intl_module> > > With this the statement: > > create collation unicode_de1 for utf8 from unicode > case insensitive 'LOCALE=de_DE'; > > fails with > SQL Message : -607 > This operation is not defined for system tables. > > Engine Code : 335544351 > Engine Message : > unsuccessful metadata update > Invalid collation attributes > > And adding the ICU version makes it work. > > create collation unicode_de1 for utf8 from unicode > case insensitive 'ICU-VERSION=5.6;LOCALE=de_DE'; > > However using this collation does not work. For example: > > SELECT r.FIRSTNAME, r.LASTNAME > FROM TABLE_NAME r order by r.LASTNAME collate unicode_de1, r.FIRSTNAME > > Results in error: > SQL Message : -204 > Undefined name > > Engine Code : 335544855 > Engine Message : > COLLATION UNICODE_DE1 for CHARACTER SET UTF8 is not installed > > Looking at RDB$COLLATIONS, the column RDB$SPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES does not > include the `ICU-VERSION=5.6` attribute. I can make it work by either > changing fbintl.conf to > > <intl_module builtin> > icu_versions 5.6 > </intl_module> > > or by adding the version attribute to the collation by executing > > UPDATE RDB$COLLATIONS > SET RDB$SPECIFIC_ATTRIBUTES='ICU-VERSION=5.6;LOCALE=de_DE' > WHERE RDB$COLLATION_NAME = 'UNICODE_DE1' > > Is this a bug, or did I do something wrong? > > Now the second part of the problem: the stackoverflow question wants to > define the German phonebook sort order. Looking at the CLDR data and the > ICU documentation, this would mean that the locale is > de@collation=phonebook or de__PHONEBOOK: > > create collation unicode_de1 for utf8 from unicode > case insensitive 'ICU-VERSION=5.6;LOCALE=de@collation=phonebook'; > > However this doesn't work nor with de__PHONEBOOK: I get a "Invalid > collation attributes" error. > > Is this the wrong way to create this collation, or is Firebird parsing > the attributes incorrectly? > > Mark > -- Mark Rotteveel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
