It does indeed let them change the collation order to any that is on their
"supported" list. I have to go to a meeting, but I will take a look later on
the Persian (Farsi) question but I do not remember it on the list so I
suspect you are right.
I have helped at least one client with utilities that create sort keys,
interestingly enough for Farsi in SQL Server 7.0. My solution will keep
working even if COLLATE cannot yet handle Farsi. :-)
michka
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roozbeh Pournader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Michael (michka) Kaplan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Unicode List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: SQL Server and Unicode
>
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Michael (michka) Kaplan wrote:
>
> > SQL Server 2000 supports a COLLATE keyword that allows you to specify a
> > collation at the database or field level and thus choose a different
> > language for such columns/indexes if you like (I discuss practical
details
> > and implications of this feature in an upcoming article in the Visual
Basic
> > Programmer's Journal, tentatively scheduled for November).
>
> Does is let the user choose the collation order? I've heard that it
> doesn't support Persian well enough, and it doesn't allow modifications of
> sorting order. So people are stuck to Arabic sortings for Persian.
>
> --roozbeh
>
>
>
