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<CAAJSdjgyhi03G1nw3MAiT06fMG1Y-=25wpwuuqpq8puga9x...@mail.gmail.com>,
on 10/28/2013
at 02:08 PM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> said:
>I wasn't wanting to translate words. But when we do a comparison on
>the z, we basically just do a byte-for-byte compare.
While CLC et all basically compare octets, there are locale-sensitive
services in z/OS.
>chorizo
The locale-dependent services will treat a string as being in a single
locale, so if you are using an English locale then "How much does the
chorizo cost?" will sort according to US rules.
In addition, you want Unicode strings to be consistently normalized
before comparing them.
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