From fd1b7776343e64ae85f76fa76c556dfe60b4858f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Ahlborn Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:28:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add notes about text index sort order. --- HACKING | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 079be9b..141bb3c 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -721,6 +721,10 @@ Once converted into this (non-ascii) character set, the text value can be sorted in 'alphabetic' order using the lexicographical order of the entry bytes. A text column will end with a NULL (0x00 or 0xff if negated). +Note, this encoding is the "General" sort order in Access 2000-2007. As of +Access 2010, this is now called the "General legacy" sort order, and the 2010 +"General" sort order is a new encoding. + The leaf page entries store the key column and the 3 byte page and 1 byte row number.