Your query doesn't appear to include an "order by" clause. The=20=20
results won't be sorted without an "order by".
On May 3, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Jose Blanco wrote:
> I=92m using version 7.3 of postgres and when I issue the following=20=20
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> select author, sort_author from itemsbyauthor where sort_author=20=20
> like 'tan%';
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> I get the following results:
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> Author sort_author
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> Tan, Weihong | tan, weihong
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> Tang, S. C. | tang, s. c.
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> Tan, Fang | tan, fang
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> Note how the tan=92s are not grouped together when I think they=20=20
> should be. Is this something that is fixed in a more current=20=20
> version of postgres?
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> Thank you!
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Douglas Toltzman
doug@oakstreetsoftware.com
(910) 526-5938
