Re: ORDER BY is case insensitive

Bryan White wrote:
> I was suprised to find out that ORDER BY is case insensitive. Is
> there a way to do a case sensitive ORDER BY clause?
>
> This transcript demonstrates what I am seeing:
>
> $ createdb bryan
> $ psql bryan
> psql (8.4.4)
> Type "help" for help.
>
> bryan=# create table t (f text);
> CREATE TABLE
> bryan=# insert into t (f) values ('a');
> INSERT 0 1
> bryan=# insert into t (f) values ('b');
> INSERT 0 1
> bryan=# insert into t (f) values ('c');
> INSERT 0 1
> bryan=# insert into t (f) values ('B');
> INSERT 0 1
> bryan=# select * from t order by f;
> f
> ---
> a
> b
> B
> c
> (4 rows)

Well. Im not really surprised. The column is text, so it sound
reasonable to order by its *text* representation. You may want to order
from its *ascii* value instead:

regression=# SELECT * from test order by ascii(data);
data
------
B
a
b
c
(4 rows)

Or similar...Wich order are you expecting to see?

HTH
Gerardo