Re: Very puzzling sort behavior

Alright never mind, I guess I see what's going on. Thanks!

Ken

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Ken Tanzer <ken(dot)tanzer(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> Peter Geoghegan <peter(dot)geoghegan86(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Ken Tanzer <ken(dot)tanzer(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>> >> Any thoughts about what's going on, what to do about it, or what
>> obvious point I missing? Thanks in advance!
>>
>> > This is the expected behavior.
>>
>> If you don't like it, sort in C locale ...
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
>
> OK, can one of you help me out in understanding this? I would have
> thought that given "CLARK," and "CLARKE" that the comma would get compared
> against the E and come first. End of story, before we even get to anything
> farther in the string. What am I missing?
>
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