Release Notes

6Support for additional collating sequences when a new Unicode database is created

6DB2 UDB Version 8 FixPak 6 supports several new collating sequences when a 6new Unicode database is created: 6

6UCA400_NO

6This collator implements the Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA), which is 6based on the Unicode Standard version 4.00 with normalization 6implicitly set to ON.

6UCA400_LSK

6This collator also implements the UCA version 4.00, and is tailored 6to sort the Slovakian characters.

6UCA400_LTH

6This collator also implements the UCA version 4.00, but it sorts 6all Thai characters according to the Royal Thai Dictionary order. 6

6Details of the UCA can be found in the Unicode Technical Standard #10, 6available at the Unicode Consortium Web site: http://www.unicode.org.

6When using the CREATE DATABASE command to create a new Unicode database, 6you can now specify UCA400_NO, UCA400_LSK, or UCA400_LTH for the COLLATE USING 6parameter.

6When using the sqlecrea C API to create a new Unicode database, 6you can now specify SQL_CS_UCA400_NO, SQL_CS_UCA400_LSK, or SQL_CS_UCA400_LTH 6for the SQLDBCSS field of the SQLEDBDESC data structure.