Re: "ORDER BY" issue - is this a bug? - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: "ORDER BY" issue - is this a bug?
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Msg-id 5410.968632518@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to "ORDER BY" issue - is this a bug?  (Max Pyziur <pyz@panix.com>)
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Max Pyziur <pyz@panix.com> writes:
> I've come across what I consider an odd sorting anomaly in 7.0.2-2 where running
> the following query:
> select headline from headlines where headline like 'Alb%' order by 1 ;

> The results in the 7.0.2-2 install come back case-insensitive and
> oblivious to punctuation.

That's pretty bizarre (not to say difficult to believe).  What LOCALE
setting are you running the postmaster in?

            regards, tom lane

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