Matthias Apitz <guru(at)unixarea(dot)de> writes:
> Said that, does the SORT done by the server depends on the environment
> (LANG, LC_*) in which the PostgreSQL server is started or only of the
> sp_catalog information of the database in question?
We set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE from the database's relevant
pg_database fields. The remaining LC environment variables
shouldn't affect this (and I think we force them to "C"
anyway).
regards, tom lane