Re: is this a bug or I am blind? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: is this a bug or I am blind?
Date
Msg-id 29222.1135004525@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: is this a bug or I am blind?  (Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com>)
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Csaba Nagy <nagy@ecircle-ag.com> writes:
>> Trouble is, you can never guarantee that you're dealing with actual words.
>> What of you're comparing someone's password that happens to contain
>> combination of letters that act in this way?

> Well, in this case why would you care about how passwords are sorted ?

You don't.  But you do care about what equality means, and the
discussion in this thread is really about changing that, not about
changing the behavior of sorting.  (The side-effects on sorting will
be so minor that it's unlikely anyone would notice, with either
solution.)

            regards, tom lane

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