diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/ChangeLog
index ab39b4eafef..6811bdf32d5 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2004-04-13 Andrew Niefer
+	added parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTest.testBug46246()
+
 2004-04-12
 	Updated search tests to work with new Enumerator type, added a derived search test
 2004-04-11 John Camelon
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTest.java
index 39a48570d48..cff4de2ed52 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTest.java
@@ -1450,4 +1450,26 @@ public class CompleteParseASTTest extends CompleteParseBaseTest
 		assertFalse( baseClauses.hasNext() );
 		assertEquals( baseClause.getParentClassSpecifier(), AltG2 );
 	}
+	
+	public void testBug46246() throws Exception
+	{
+		Writer writer = new StringWriter();
+		writer.write( "struct A {                 ");
+		writer.write( "   struct B { int ab; } b; ");
+		writer.write( "   int a;                  ");
+		writer.write( "};                         ");
+		writer.write( "struct A a1;               ");
+		writer.write( "struct B b1;               ");
+		
+		Iterator i = parse( writer.toString(), true, ParserLanguage.C ).getDeclarations();
+		IASTClassSpecifier A = (IASTClassSpecifier) ((IASTAbstractTypeSpecifierDeclaration)i.next()).getTypeSpecifier();
+		IASTVariable a1 = (IASTVariable) i.next();
+		IASTVariable b1 = (IASTVariable) i.next();
+		i = getDeclarations( A );
+		IASTField b = (IASTField) i.next();
+		IASTField a = (IASTField) i.next();
+		IASTClassSpecifier B = (IASTClassSpecifier) b.getAbstractDeclaration().getTypeSpecifier();
+		
+		assertAllReferences( 2, createTaskList( new Task( A ), new Task( B ) ) );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/ChangeLog-parser b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/ChangeLog-parser
index 9e073029f09..699261ef10a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/ChangeLog-parser
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/ChangeLog-parser
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-04-13 Andrew Niefer
+	fixed https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=46246
+	modified symbol table sorting to use a collator instead of String.compare()
+
 2004-04-11 John Camelon
 	Fixed https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=55785.
 	Fix required update to ISourceElementRequestor interface : clients updated accordingly.
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/pst/ContainerSymbol.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/pst/ContainerSymbol.java
index b1f5a1b1bc1..3a3ad0d76ac 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/pst/ContainerSymbol.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/pst/ContainerSymbol.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  
 package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.parser.pst;
 
+import java.text.Collator;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.ParserLanguage;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.ParserMode;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.ast.ASTAccessVisibility;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.parser.ast.IASTMember;
@@ -176,6 +178,13 @@ public class ContainerSymbol extends BasicSymbol implements IContainerSymbol {
 			}
 		}
 		
+		//in C, structs, unions, enums don't nest
+		if( getSymbolTable().getLanguage() == ParserLanguage.C ){
+			if( obj.isType( TypeInfo.t_struct, TypeInfo.t_enumeration ) ){
+				containing = getScopeForCTag( containing );
+			}
+		}
+		
 		//14.6.1-4 A Template parameter shall not be redeclared within its scope.
 		if( isTemplateMember() || isType( TypeInfo.t_template ) ){
 			if( TemplateEngine.alreadyHasTemplateParameter( this, obj.getName() ) ){
@@ -918,7 +927,16 @@ public class ContainerSymbol extends BasicSymbol implements IContainerSymbol {
 		return false;
 	}
 	
-
+	private IContainerSymbol getScopeForCTag( IContainerSymbol container ){
+		while( !container.isType( TypeInfo.t_namespace ) && 
+			   !container.isType( TypeInfo.t_function )  &&
+			   !container.isType( TypeInfo.t_block ) )
+		{
+			container = container.getContainingSymbol();
+		} 
+		return container;
+	}
+	
 	protected List getContents(){
 		if(_contents == null ){
 			_contents = new LinkedList();
@@ -927,7 +945,6 @@ public class ContainerSymbol extends BasicSymbol implements IContainerSymbol {
 	}
 	
 	public Iterator getContentsIterator(){
-		//return getContents().iterator();
 		return new ContentsIterator( getContents().iterator() );
 	}
 	
@@ -1069,10 +1086,14 @@ public class ContainerSymbol extends BasicSymbol implements IContainerSymbol {
 	}
 
 	static protected class SymbolTableComparator implements Comparator{
+		static final private Collator collator = Collator.getInstance();
+		static { collator.setStrength( Collator.PRIMARY ); }
 		public int compare( Object o1, Object o2 ){
-			int result = ((String) o1).compareToIgnoreCase( (String) o2 );
+			int result = collator.compare( o1, o2 );
 			if( result == 0 ){
-				return ((String) o1).compareTo( (String) o2 );
+				collator.setStrength( Collator.IDENTICAL );
+				result = collator.compare( o1, o2 );
+				collator.setStrength( Collator.PRIMARY );
 			}
 			return result;
 		}