stringcompare

Compares its string (varchar) arguments a and b, returning -1 if a is less than b, 0 if they are equal, or 1 if a is greater than b:

  stringcompare(a, b[, mode])

The strings are compared using the optional mode argument, which is a string-folding mode in the same format as <apicp stringcomparemode>; see the Vortex manual for details on the syntax and default. If mode is unspecified, the current apicp stringcomparemode setting is used. Function added in version 6.00.1304108000 20110429.