Sorting with relevant blank spaces - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Stefano Bargioni
Subject Sorting with relevant blank spaces
Date
Msg-id 3A24DE6F.C1C1543@usc.urbe.it
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Responses Retrieving arrays through JDBC  (Mart Käsper <mart@netsoftlund.se>)
Re: Sorting with relevant blank spaces  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi,
I need to understand why my Postgres 6.5.2 installation sorts results ignoring blanks.
I obtain

prata
prata gennaro m
prata roberto
prat de la riba enrique h
prat enrique h
pratesi alessandro
pratesi luigi
pratesi marco

How to obtain

prat de la riba enrique h
prat enrique h
prata
prata gennaro m
prata roberto
pratesi alessandro
pratesi luigi
pratesi marco

TIA. Stefano
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