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- From: solar@fsrg.fsrg.bear.com (William del Solar)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.sybase
- Subject: Re: Using Views for data presentation
- Keywords: name, spelling
- Message-ID: <29829@ursa.bear.com>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 22:53:31 GMT
- References: <92356.101548IDAZS@ASUACAD.BITNET> <wolfgang.726176551@sfu.ca>
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- In article <wolfgang.726176551@sfu.ca> wolfgang@fraser.sfu.ca (Wolfgang Richter) writes:
- ><IDAZS@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
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- >>First and last names are stored in separate fields in upper
- >>case. We have been partially successful in combining them to display
- >>in upper-lower case, using "substring" and "rtrim" functions. Names
- >>that have spaces or dashes, like "James Mc donald" or
- >>"Carol Terry-peplow" have been a problem....
-
- By storing names in upper case only, you are losing information that
- must later be either derived or even manufactured:
-
- How will you correctly spell names such as da Vinci, van Beethoven,
- ter Horst, von Krupp, della Robbia, and del Solar?
-
- If the spelling has been Americanized, how will you correctly spell
- names such as DellAquila, Deluca, DeSaro, or Delvalle? From the last
- four names, it is not possible to derive a rule to spell the name correctly.
-
- The only solution that will satisfy both the folks who have Americanized
- the spelling of their names and those who haven't is to store names in
- both upper an lower case.
-
- Wm del Solar
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