Re: ORDER BY case insensitive? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Jason Earl
Subject Re: ORDER BY case insensitive?
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Msg-id 20011004194746.21583.qmail@web10004.mail.yahoo.com
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In response to ORDER BY case insensitive?  ("Bob Swerdlow" <swerdlow@maine.rr.com>)
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SELECT * FROM MyTable ORDER BY lower(Name);

Should do the trick.

Jason Earl

--- Bob Swerdlow <swerdlow@maine.rr.com> wrote:
> How do I get the rows sorted in a case insensitive
> way?
> 
> I have some queries that basically fit the form:
>      SELECT * FROM MyTable ORDER BY Name;
> When I view the results, all of the Name's that
> start with an upper case
> letter precede all of the Name's that start with a
> lower case letter.  I
> want them all in alphabetic order, regardless of
> case.
> 
> I've looked in PostgreSQL Introduction and Concepts
> by Bruce Momjian and in
> the FAQ at
> http://postgresql.overtone.org/docs/faq-english.html
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> --
> Bob Swerdlow
> Chief Operating Officer
> Transpose, LLC
> rswerdlow@transpose.com
> 
> 
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