Creating a database with locale-based collation

Creating a database with locale-based collation By default, uses Unicode codepoint collation. However, you can specify locale-based collation when you create the database. database attributes locale-based collation collation locale-based

You can use the collation=collation and territory=ll_CC connection URL attributes to specify locale-based collation (see the for details on these attributes). This type of collation applies only to user-defined tables. The system tables use the Unicode codepoint collation.

The collation=collation and territory=ll_CC attributes can be specified only when you create a database. You cannot specify these attributes on an existing database or when you upgrade a database.

To create a database with locale-based collation, specify the language and country codes for the territory=ll_CC attribute, and the TERRITORY_BASED value for the collation=collation attribute, when you create the database.

For example, you could use the following connection URL:

jdbc:derby:MexicanDB;create=true;territory=es_MX;collation=TERRITORY_BASED

See the documentation of the territory=ll_CC and collation=collation attributes in the for details on these attributes. See for information on making the database use case-insensensitive searches.