Mikel Lindsaar <raasdnil(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'm trying to select a list of names in alphabetical order but
> ignoring the whitespace.
> So for example, the name "La Combe" should come after "Lace" but
> before "Lacs..."
FWIW, this would probably happen automatically if you were using a
non-C locale. I'm not sure that's really a good solution, because
switching to a different locale would affect every sort operation
you ever do. But it's an alternative to consider.
regards, tom lane