Re: Variance in sort order (collation)

sort puts "Joe" before "John" in the first instance but not in the second: Why?

Because its not "Joe" and "John", its "Jones, John" and "Smith, Joe"

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Re^2: Variance in sort order (collation) by ww (Archbishop) on Feb 21, 2012 at 02:16 UTC
Actually no. The question relates to `035: Smith, John 036: Smith, Joe` [download] versus `040: Joe 041: John 042: John` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Variance in sort order (collation) by Anonymous Monk on Feb 21, 2012 at 02:35 UTC
Actually no. The question relates to ... How can you tell?	[reply]
Re^4: Variance in sort order (collation) by Anonymous Monk on Feb 21, 2012 at 05:35 UTC
Because that's the pair that meets all the criteria of the OP's problem?	[reply]
Re^5: Variance in sort order (collation) by Anonymous Monk on Feb 21, 2012 at 08:41 UTC