Microsoft KB Archive/298832

= FIX: Uppercase Characters are not Sorted Before Their Corresponding Lowercase Characters When You Use the Nocasepref Sort Order =

Article ID: 298832

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q298832



BUG #: 236308 (SHILOH)

BUG #: 58403 (SQLBUG_70)

BUG #: 101020 (SQLBUG_70)



SYMPTOMS
When you use an upper case preference sort order, the uppercase characters and their corresponding lowercase characters are treated as the same character when they are sorted.



SQL Server 2000
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 INF: How to Obtain the Latest SQL Server 2000 Service Pack

NOTE: The following hotfix was created prior to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1.

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

 File name      Platform

s80251i.exe    x86

SQL Server 7.0
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301511 INF: How to Obtain the Latest SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack

NOTE: The following hotfix was created prior to Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 4.

 File name     Platform ---

s70879i.exe   x86 NOTE: Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the preceding files may also contain additional files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

SQL Server 2000

This problem was first corrected in SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 1.

SQL Server 7.0

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
This occurs with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 golden, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2), and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 In Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, the data is sorted as expected.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsqlserv2000sp1fix KB298832

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