[bind10-dev] Collation Sequences [was: Blog comment from BDB developer]

[Michael Graff]

On 7/14/10 2:52 AM, zhanglikun wrote:
>> On 7/13/10 9:01 PM, Danny Mayer wrote:
>>> I forgot to mention that collation sequence is important here and that
>>> is usually defined when you set up the database for all schemas. You
>>> need a collating sequence that works for DNSSEC and then you need to
>>> worry about IDN ordering for non-ASCII character sets. That's less
>>> simple and what if you have multiple character sets like US ASCII and
>>> Greek or Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese?
> 
>> Michael answered:
>> You store the canonical format in a "column" and use that for ordering,
>> and use the other non-canonical form for actual retrieval.
>>
> 
> Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese are saved in punicode.

DNSSEC ordering ignores what punicode means, so I think we have the same
understanding.

--Michael