Re: BUG #1082: Order by doesn't sort correctly.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: Richard Neill <rn214(at)hermes(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk>, rn214(at)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk, PostgreSQL Bugs List <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #1082: Order by doesn't sort correctly.
Date: 2004-02-24 14:42:43
Message-ID: 21817.1077633763@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> I verified this, and it's not GB specific as one might suggest... Same
> with en_US, de_DE, fr_FR, af_ZA.

Yeah, most of the locales use dictionary ordering rules.

> Does this behaviour really make sense to anybody?

You'd have to argue about it with the people who work on locales.
AFAIK it is a standard of some kind.

regards, tom lane

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