root <aarni(dot)ruuhimaki(at)kymi(dot)com> writes:
> I just configured and installed 7.3.3 with --enable-locale and did
> initdb with -E LATIN1. Aim was to have names sorted correctly with
> scandinavian alphabet. But still my 's and 's are within a's
> when listing and sorting by name like there were no umlauts.
Sounds like you didn't have the right locale in force when you ran
initdb. (You can use pg_controldata to verify the locale settings
that were stored by initdb.)
> How to set this right ?
re-initdb I'm afraid :-(
regards, tom lane