Select a radio button to determine how
characters are sorted, merged, and compared.
The string comparison method, or collating sequence, cannot be changed once
the database has been created.
- Local alphabet:
- Items are sorted according to the database locale and characters are
compared using the database code set and locale. This is also known as
the System Collating Sequence.
- Byte for byte:
- Items are sorted according to their binary representation. This is
also known as the Identity Collating Sequence.
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