Re: Documentation bug regarding collations - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Documentation bug regarding collations
Date
Msg-id 11554.1327802202@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Documentation bug regarding collations  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
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Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net> writes:
> in the description of the ORDER BY clause (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-select.html#SQL-ORDERBY)
itsays: 
> "Character-string data is sorted according to the locale-specific collation order that was established when the
databasewas created." 

> Which is no longer true with 9.1 as it is possible to define the collation on a per-column basis or as part of the
ORDERBY clause. 

> I think a link to the collation chapter and a description on the "precedence" of the definitions should be added to
thatpart. 

Done, thanks for the report.

            regards, tom lane

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