From cd427859745af4574d75e37ec7d427ccd2b8b24a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:25:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Better example for custom ICU rules Use a more practical example, and also add some explanation. Reported-by: Jeff Davis --- doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml index 289f8147f14..f6353da5c15 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml @@ -243,11 +243,17 @@ CREATE COLLATION german_phonebook (provider = icu, locale = 'de-u-co-phonebk'); - To create a collation using the ICU provider, based on the English ICU - locale, with custom rules: + To create a collation using the ICU provider, based on the root ICU locale, + with custom rules: - + + With this rule, the letter W is sorted after + V, but is treated as a secondary difference similar to an + accent. Rules like this are contained in the locale definitions of some + languages. (Of course, if a locale definition already contains the desired + rules, then they don't need to be specified again explicitly.) See the ICU + documentation for further details and examples on the rules syntax. -- 2.39.5