Patrick Andries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [on tailored collations] > [PA] I suppose this would be true in principle, but how long before this > is implemented in the **actual tools** used by user such as MS Word or > MS SQL Server ? > [...] (yes, > I know with a bit of tailoring ($) other tools from other manufacturers > could fit the bill).
When you get get it from other sources, why lamenting on the non-availability from Microsoft? There is enough software which offloads collation to IBM ICU, where adding tailorings is very easy. The guys from Mimer SQL, which is widely unknown but supports an amazing range of otherwise ignored collations, will happily discuss this issue with you. A modest contribution to the Firebird Foundation or any decent programmer working on this OSS SQL database, will give you any collation for Firebird and Interbase. The argument 'we can't go this way, because Microsoft doesn't support it' is rather the wrong way around. And it's even not engraved in stone, that Microsoft won't support it. Regards, Peter Jacobi -- "Sie haben neue Mails!" - Die GMX Toolbar informiert Sie beim Surfen! Jetzt aktivieren unter http://www.gmx.net/info
