>*** Sorry for the foreign language message ***
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>Hello, Dmitry.
>Otkrovenno govorj j voobzhe ne ispolzuju Set Collate to 'Russian'. U menja stoit po umolchaniju set collate to 'machine'. Edinstvennoe "negativnoe" posledstvie etogo v tom, chto esli mne nuzno otsortirovat po simvolnomu polu po alfavitu j dolzhen opisat indexnoe virazhenie kak UPPER() ili LOWER().
>Poka vse rabotaet normalno.
>
>Prosba v sled. raz postaratsya perevesti svoj vopros na English.
>
>Good luck, Dmitry.
>
>>< Sorry, this message is adressed to russian users >
>>< cause of specific type of the problem >
>>
>>Gospoda, ne znaete li Vy, gde mojno skachat'
>>kakoy-nibud' patch, opisanie ili kakuyu-nibud' druguyu informatsiyu
>>naschiot oshibki, voznikayushchey pri popytke ustanovit'
>>SET COLLATE TO RUSSIAN,



And here is the translation for the curious UT members. :)

Nick

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>Hello, Dmitry.
>Actually I do not use Set Collate to 'Russian' at all I use the default setting SET COLLATE TO 'machine'. The only workaround I need to make in this case is using index on UPPER(myField) or LOWER(myField), if I want to index on the character field. Everything is good so far.
>Please try to translate you question into English next time.
>
>Good luck, Dmitry.
>
>>< Sorry, this message is adressed to russian users >
>>< cause of specific type of the problem >
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>>Dear Sirs, does anybody know any information about what causes an error which >>appears if I try to SET COLLATE TO RUSSIAN,