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PRB: Sort Order Has Changed with Microsoft Jet version 4.0

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Symptoms

Using Microsoft Jet version 4.0, sorting is different than in previous versions. For example, assume you have the following records in an Access table:

FIELD1
W
W-
WB
W-B
In previous versions of the Jet database engine, issuing "SELECT * FROM Table1 ORDER BY field1" gives the following results:
FIELD1
W
W-
W-B
WB
With Jet version 4.0, you now get the following results:
FIELD1
W
W-
WB
W-B

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Cause

Microsoft Jet version 4.0 uses a new sorting order that treats hyphens (-) and single quotation marks (') as special characters. For example, Co-op and Coop are now considered equal when sorting. Also O'Connor is treated the same as OConnor.

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Resolution

This behavior is by design. You cannot change any settings to affect this behavior.

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More information

SQL Server full-text queries and Index server have similar behavior when searching.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
200043 PRB: Dashes '-' Ignored in Search with SQL Full-Text and MSIDXS Queries

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Keywords: KB236952, kbprb, kbjet, kbdtl, kbdatabase

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Article Info
Article ID : 236952
Revision : 3
Created on : 9/24/2003
Published on : 9/24/2003
Exists online : False
Views : 488