Re: Sorting when "*" is the initial character - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 01:10 pm, CoL wrote:
> hi,
>
> Berend Tober wrote, On 2/7/2005 22:20:
> > I encountered what looks like unusually sorting behavior, and I'm wondering if
> > anyone can tell me if this is supposted to happen (and then if so, why) or if
> > this is a bug:
> >
> >
> > SELECT * FROM sample_table ORDER BY 1;
> >
> > account_id,account_name
> > 100,First account
> > 110,Second account
> > *115,Fifth account
> > 120,Third account
> > *125,Fourth account
> >
> > I would expect to see
> >
> > account_id,account_name
> > *115,Fifth account
> > *125,Fourth account
> > 100,First account
> > 110,Second account
> > 120,Third account

With 8.0.0  C local, SQL_ASCII Database, I get the expected output.

Regards

Russell Smith