Example 1: Creating, then deleting, a French collating sequence The following example creates a collating sequence using the predefined collating sequence FRENCH. It then uses the SHOW COLLATING SEQUENCE statement to show the defined collating sequence. The example next deletes the collating sequence using the DROP COLLATING SEQUENCE statement. The SHOW COLLATING SEQUENCE statement shows that the collating sequence no longer exists. SQL> ATTACH 'FILENAME personnel'; SQL> CREATE COLLATING SEQUENCE FRENCH FRENCH; SQL> -- SQL> SHOW COLLATING SEQUENCE User collating sequences in database with filename personnel FRENCH SQL> -- SQL> DROP COLLATING SEQUENCE FRENCH; SQL> -- SQL> SHOW COLLATING SEQUENCE User collating sequences in database with filename personnel No collating sequences found Example 2: Deleting a collating sequence used to define a domain or database The following example shows that you cannot delete a collating sequence if a domain or database is defined using the collating sequence: SQL> CREATE COLLATING SEQUENCE SPANISH SPANISH; SQL> CREATE DOMAIN LAST_NAME_SPANISH CHAR (14) cont> COLLATING SEQUENCE IS SPANISH; SQL> -- SQL> SHOW DOMAIN LAST_NAME_SPANISH LAST_NAME_SPANISH CHAR(14) Collating sequence: SPANISH SQL> -- SQL> SHOW COLLATING SEQUENCE User collating sequences in database with filename personnel SPANISH SQL> -- SQL> -- You cannot delete the collating sequence because the SQL> -- domain LAST_NAME_SPANISH, defined using SPANISH, still exists: SQL> -- SQL> DROP COLLATING SEQUENCE SPANISH; %RDB-E-NO_META_UPDATE, metadata update failed -RDMS-F-COLUSEDFLD, the collating sequence named SPANISH is used in field LAST_NAME_SPANISH SQL> -- SQL> -- Delete the domain: SQL> -- SQL> DROP DOMAIN LAST_NAME_SPANISH; SQL> -- SQL> -- Now you can delete the collating sequence: SQL> -- SQL> DROP COLLATING SEQUENCE SPANISH; SQL> -- SQL> SHOW COLLATING SEQUENCE User collating sequences in database with filename personnel No collating sequences found