Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h8TCo2W14077 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:50:02 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 66.27.56.210 Received: from ns3.fatcity.com (rrcs-west-66-27-56-210.biz.rr.com [66.27.56.210]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h8TCo2c14072 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:50:02 -0500 Received: from ns3.fatcity.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ns3.fatcity.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h8TAA1ro023920 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:10:07 -0700 Received: (from root@localhost) by ns3.fatcity.com (8.12.8/8.12.5/Submit) id h8TA5SJJ022086 for oracle-l@orafaq.net; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:05:28 -0700 Received: by fatcity.com (05-Jun-2003/v1.0g-b73/bab) via fatcity.com id 005D15CC; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:04:40 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 03:04:40 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: GKor@rdw.nl Sender: ml-errors@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: GKor@rdw.nl Subject: nls_sort Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 73; ListGuru (c) 1996-2003 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hi all we had a strange sort order on a attribute in a table with dashes (-) in the data. example query with default NLS_SORT (NLS_LANGUAGE=american) R/10-02 R/1-01 R/101-00 R/101-03 query with NLS_SORT=BINARY R/1-01 R/10-02 R/101-00 R/101-03 Anyone with an explanation why this parameter is not default BINARY ? thanks vr.gr. G. Kor Sr. System Engineer I&DM Db RDW Voertuiginformatie en -toelating Ict Bedrijf -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: GKor@rdw.nl Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).