Re: Per-column collation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Per-column collation
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Msg-id 8CB282F1-6F2D-4E42-8F26-20BCC96A925C@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Per-column collation  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Dec 6, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> This has been touch upon several times during the discussions on past
> patches.
> 
> Essentially, the current patch only arranges that you can specify a sort
> order for data.  The system always breaks ties using a binary
> comparison.  This could conceivably be changed, but it's a separate
> problem.  Some of the necessary investigation work has presumably
> already been done in the context of citext.

Okay, thanks, good to know.

Best,

David



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