> My locale is set do de_DE.ISO_8859-1, not de_DE.ASCII
> If I type 2 characters ss, I mean 2 characters ss. If I type ß I
> mean the single character ß.
> This sorting behaviour is just wrong. Not every apperence of "ss"
> even in pure  ASCII does mean "ß".

I suggest you set LC_COLLATE to C, then it sorts in the good old
fashioned way its meant to be.
(like this on Solaris 7:
        Assel
        aSS
        asen
        ass
        asse
        assel
        assen
        aß
        aßen
)

and so:

Grüße
Michael
-- 
michael.schus...@germany.sun.com

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