Notes on OEM collations

The following table shows the built-in collations that correspond to OEM code pages. The table and the corresponding collations were derived from several manuals from IBM concerning National Language Support, subject to the restrictions mentioned above. (This table represents the best information available at the time of writing. Due to continuing rapid geopolitical changes, the table may contain names for countries that no longer exist.)

Country

Language

Primary Code Page

Primary Collation

Secon-dary Code Page

Secondary Collation

Argentina

Spanish

850

850ESP

437

437ESP

Australia

English

437

437LATIN1

850

850LATIN1

Austria

German

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Belgium

Belgian Dutch

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Belgium

Belgian French

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Belarus

Belarussian

855

855CYR

Brazil

Portuguese

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Bulgaria

Bulgarian

855

855CYR

850

850CYR

Canada

Cdn French

850

850LATIN1

863

863LATIN1

Canada

English

437

437LATIN1

850

850LATIN1

Croatia

Croatian

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2

Czech Republic

Czech

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2

Denmark

Danish

850

850DAN

Finland

Finnish

850

850SVE

437

437SVE

France

French

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Germany

German

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Greece

Greek

869

869ELL

850

850ELL

Hungary

Hungarian

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2

Iceland

Icelandic

850

850ISL

861

861ISL

Ireland

English

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Israel

Hebrew

862

862HEB

856

856HEB

Italy

Italian

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Mexico

Spanish

850

850ESP

437

437ESP

Nether-lands

Dutch

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

New Zealand

English

437

437LATIN1

850

850LATIN1

Norway

Norwegian

865

865NOR

850

850NOR

Peru

Spanish

850

850ESP

437

437ESP

Poland

Polish

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2

Portugal

Portuguese

850

850LATIN1

860

860LATIN1

Romania

Romanian

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2

Russia

Russian

866

866RUS

850

850RUS

S. Africa

Afrikaans

437

437LATIN1

850

850LATIN1

S. Africa

English

437

437LATIN1

850

850LATIN1

Slovak Republic

Slovakian

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2

Slovenia

Slovenian

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2

Spain

Spanish

850

850ESP

437

437ESP

Sweden

Swedish

850

850SVE

437

437SVE

Switzer-land

French

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Switzer-land

German

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Switzer-land

Italian

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

Turkey

Turkish

857

857TRK

850

850TRK

UK

English

850

850LATIN1

437

437LATIN1

USA

English

437

437LATIN1

850

850LATIN1

Venezuela

Spanish

850

850ESP

437

437ESP

Yugoslavia

Macedonian

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2

Yugoslavia

Serbian Cyrillic

855

855CYR

852

852CYR

Yugoslavia

Serbian Latin

852

852LATIN2

850

850LATIN2