Database.CollatingOrder property (DAO)

Applies to: Access 2013, Office 2013

Returns a value that specifies the sequence of the sort order in text for string comparison or sorting (Microsoft Access workspaces only). Read-only Long.

Syntax

expression .CollatingOrder

expression A variable that represents a Database object.

Remarks

The return value is a Long value or constant that can be one of the following values.

Constant	Sort order
dbSortGeneral	General (English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Modern Spanish)
dbSortArabic	Arabic
dbSortChineseSimplified	Simplified Chinese
dbSortChineseTraditional	Traditional Chinese
dbSortCyrillic	Russian
dbSortCzech	Czech
dbSortDutch	Dutch
dbSortGreek	Greek
dbSortHebrew	Hebrew
dbSortHungarian	Hungarian
dbSortIcelandic	Icelandic
dbSortJapanese	Japanese
dbSortKorean	Korean
dbSortNeutral	Neutral
dbSortNorwDan	Norwegian or Danish
dbSortPDXIntl	Paradox International
dbSortPDXNor	Paradox Norwegian or Danish
dbSortPDXSwe	Paradox Swedish or Finnish
dbSortPolish	Polish
dbSortSlovenian	Slovenian
dbSortSpanish	Spanish
dbSortSwedFin	Swedish or Finnish
dbSortThai	Thai
dbSortTurkish	Turkish
dbSortUndefined	Undefined or unknown

The CollatingOrder property setting corresponds to the locale argument of the CreateDatabase method when the database was created or the CompactDatabase method when the database was most recently compacted.

Check the CollatingOrder property setting of a Database or Field object to determine the string comparison method for the database or field. You can set the CollatingOrder property of a new, unappended Field object if you want the setting of the Field object to differ from that of the Database object that contains it.