To define a collating sequence using the DEFINE COLLATING_ SEQUENCE statement, you must have the Oracle Rdb DEFINE privilege for the database. The DEFINE COLLATING_SEQUENCE statement is the first step in specifying an alternate collating sequence. After you define the collating sequence, you must specify that it will apply to a particular field or database. The following list shows abbreviated forms of the statements that will associate the collating sequence with a particular field or database: o DEFINE FIELD ... COLLATING_SEQUENCE sequence-name; o DEFINE DATABASE ... COLLATING_SEQUENCE sequence-name; o IMPORT ... COLLATING_SEQUENCE sequence-name; Use the complete form of the following statement to alter a collating sequence after you have associated it with a field: o CHANGE FIELD ... COLLATING_SEQUENCE sequence-name;