eno wrote:
well, the question is: Support UTF-16 to what extent? I think here of
sorting questions, (but other may arise). Obviously, sorting within a
single language is specific to that language, whereas sorting a, say,
german word with an ukrainian word is what a programmer calls
"undefined". And comparing two german words - according to the rules a
german user would expect - might be different from what a default
comparison routine would return.
The programmer can use sqlite3_create_collation() to register
collating sequences for any languages she wants. You can then
say things like:
SELECT addr FROM phonebook ORDER BY name COLLATE german;
CREATE INDEX idx1 ON phonebook(name COLLATE ukrainian);
CREATE TABLE phonebook(
name1 TEXT COLLATE french,
name2 TEXT COLLATE japanese,
addr TEXT
);
Unlike client/server databases which much provide a predefined
set of sort orders, SQLite provides a single simplistic sort
order plus the capability for the programmer to add whatever other
sort orders are desired.
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