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ST_SortMethod (Sort Method)

Sort method. Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, and Japanese support alternate sort methods (multiple sort options are available). All other languages support only 1 sort option. In that case, the value pinYin is used.

This simple type's contents are a restriction of the XML Schema string datatype.

The following are possible enumeration values for this type:

Enumeration Value

Description

none (None)

Not specified, use default sort method.

pinYin (PinYin Sort)

Default sort method. This is the only sort option for most languages.

 

For Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, and Japanese, pinYin means sort by phonetic value.

stroke (Sort by Stroke)

Sort by stroke count of the characters. Only applies to Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, and Japanese.

 

Referenced By

sortState@sortMethod3.3.1.89)

The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this simple type:

<simpleType name="ST_SortMethod">

   <restriction base="xsd:string">

   <enumeration value="stroke"/>

   <enumeration value="pinYin"/>

   <enumeration value="none"/>

   </restriction>

</simpleType>