Re: order by different on mac vs linux - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Wes James
Subject Re: order by different on mac vs linux
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Msg-id CAFjCMHtZpaM_+F8ORBHo5-9XBQkVghZ6TwAR3bDLTkqDMtDRxg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: order by different on mac vs linux  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Wes James <comptekki@gmail.com> writes:
>> Why is there a different order on the different platforms.
>
> This is not exactly unusual.  You should first check to see if
> lc_collate is set differently in the two installations --- but even if
> it's the same, there are often platform-specific interpretations of
> the sorting rules.  (Not to mention that OS X is flat out broken when
> it comes to sorting UTF8 data ...)
>
> If you want consistent cross-platform results, "C" locale will get
> that for you, but it's pretty stupid about non-ASCII characters.
>
> For more info read
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/charset.html
>
>                        regards, tom lane

Thanks,

I'll take a look.

-wes


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