Localalization

[Jeff Zucker]

I have recently had some requests for assistance with localization for DBD::CSV. The situation is this: if a user adds "use locale" in SQL::Statement, the DBD will be able to use a localized sort order and localized comparison operations. If a user adds it also in SQL::Parser, they will also be able to use a localalized definition of alphanumeric to define valid SQL identifiers (e.g. accented characters recognized by the locale setting become valid in table or column names without delimiting the identifiers). As I understand it, these are both within the spirit of ANSI SQL -- that the sort order and definition of alphanumeric is legitimately variable depending on localization.

I am really very ignorant about localization. Is what I am proposing a sane thing to encourage users to do? Is there any other way I can make it user-definable without having them muck with the actual module text? Are there any other gotchas I need to know about?

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Jeff