Re: PostgreSQL Certification

From: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
Cc: peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Certification
Date: 2005-06-24 23:03:43
Message-ID: 20050625.080343.115904998.t-ishii@sra.co.jp
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> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2005 17:06 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii:
> >> Really? I vaguley recall that someone who came from US complained
> >> about the sort order of en locale. I thought English speakers prefer C
> >> locale.
>
> > I have never seen an English dictionary or other list that sorts A, ... Z,
> > a, ... z and accented characters (which do occur in English) last. It might
> > be a preference for some people, but that is hardly an English vs. other
> > language issue and certainly not a "should", as phrased in the question.
>
> I think it's more a "programmers are used to ASCII order, but nobody else is"
> kind of deal. I agree with Peter that the question is poorly chosen
> because both #1 and #5 could be considered wrong.

Interesting. So English speaking PostgreSQL users always used to
enable locale support before 7.3 days?
--
Tatsuo Ishii

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