At 19.34 -0700 98-09-14, Brendan_Murray/DUB/Lotus@lotus.com wrote:
>I'm receiving conflicting requirements for these characters, as well as
>confusing information about collating borrowed words containing A/O/U with
>diaresis (umlaut). My understanding is that the correct sort sequence is:
> A, B, C, .... X, Y, Z, AE/Æ, OE/Ø, AA/Å
Note that swedish sorting normally is:
A, B, C, D, É/E, ... , V/W, X, Y, Z, Å, Ä, Ö
Note the different order for the three last characters, and that 'V' and
'W' "normally" is sorted together. Sometimes though, 'V' and 'W' is sorted
differently. I guess (should I know as a swede? ;-) the difference might
have to do with the question _what_ you are sorting. Just words, or names?
In Swedish, 'OE' is not the same as 'Ö', and sorted according to the
individual characters. The ligature 'Æ' does not exist.
Patrik
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