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Mike Matrigali updated DERBY-3320:
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I think it is reasonable in the current system to check at create database time
and throw an error then rather than wait until a table with a user char column
is created. But for an existing db I do think it is ok to delay the check
until the actual use of the
Collator, if we can make the error somewhat obvious to the user what is going
on. Do test that the error makes it to the user if we fail in recovery as
there have been problems in the past with errors during boot getting eaten and
the user just gets a
could not boot message with module startup failure.
> Database creation and boot should fail if collation=TERRITORY_BASED and the
> selected locale is not supported
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>
> Key: DERBY-3320
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3320
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 10.4.0.0
> Environment: Java ME:
> Product: phoneME Advanced (phoneme_advanced_mr2-b34)
> Profile: Foundation Profile Specification 1.1
> Linux 2.4.21-40.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Feb 2 22:14:12 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386
> GNU/Linux
> Reporter: Vemund Østgaard
> Assignee: Mamta A. Satoor
> Attachments: DERBY_3320_not_ready_for_commit_diff_v1.txt,
> DERBY_3320_not_ready_for_commit_stat_v1.txt, DERBY_3320_Repro.java
>
>
> A problem I've discovered when testing with the phoneME advanced platform is
> that the collationtests expect other locales than Locale.US to be available
> on the platform that is used for the test, and for phoneME advanced (when
> compiled as foundation profile) only Locale.US is available. From the jdk1.6
> javadoc of Collator.getAvailableLocales() I see that only Locale.US is
> strictly required:
> public static Locale[] getAvailableLocales()
> Returns an array of all locales for which the getInstance methods of this
> class can return localized instances. The returned array represents the union
> of locales supported by the Java runtime and by installed CollatorProvider
> implementations. It must contain at least a Locale instance equal to
> Locale.US.
> Returns:
> An array of locales for which localized Collator instances are
> available.
> This led me to thinking about how Derby should behave if created/booted with
> collation=TERRITORY_BASED and territory=<some unsupported locale>. I'm not
> sure what the consequences could be if the database is first created on a
> platform that supports whatever locale is set and later booted with one that
> doesn't, or created on a platform missing support and later booted with one
> that has. In any case I think it may confuse a user needlessly to see the
> database boot successfully with his collation setting and later behave in a
> way he does not expect.
> Opinions voiced on the derby-dev list are that both database creation and
> boot should fail if collation=TERRITORY_BASED and the selected locale is not
> supported.
> If a change like this is implemented, the collationtests should be changed to
> verify correct behavior also if they are executed in an environment were some
> of the tested locales are not supported.
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