Re: insensitive collations - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: insensitive collations
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Msg-id a57e4005-00a6-66cb-c2a1-c98c019f3de2@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: insensitive collations  ("Daniel Verite" <daniel@manitou-mail.org>)
Responses Re: insensitive collations  ("Daniel Verite" <daniel@manitou-mail.org>)
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On 04/01/2019 17:05, Daniel Verite wrote:
> When using GROUP BY and ORDER BY on a field with a non-deterministic
> collation, this pops out:
> 
> CREATE COLLATION myfr (locale='fr-u-ks-level1',
>   provider='icu', deterministic=false);
> 
> =# select n from (values ('été' collate "myfr"), ('ete')) x(n)
>   group by 1 order by 1 ;
>   n  
> -----
>  ete
> (1 row)
> 
> =#  select n from (values ('été' collate "myfr"), ('ete')) x(n)
>   group by 1 order by 1 desc;
>   n  
> -----
>  été
> (1 row)

I don't see anything wrong here.  The collation says that both values
are equal, so which one is returned is implementation-dependent.

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