Re: weird problem with PG 8.1

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Marcin Krol <mrkafk(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: weird problem with PG 8.1
Date: 2009-03-31 15:50:46
Message-ID: 11043.1238514646@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Marcin Krol <mrkafk(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> When I issue:
> SELECT * FROM virtualization;

> I get all the fields:

> reservations=# SELECT * FROM virtualization;
> id | Virtualization | color
> ----+-----------------+---------

> But when I try to order by column Virtualization:
> reservations=# SELECT * FROM virtualization ORDER BY Virtualization;

You need

SELECT * FROM virtualization ORDER BY "Virtualization";

What you typed is a request to sort by the composite row value,
which isn't supported in any pre-8.4 release.

You might care to go re-read the manual about identifier quoting
and case folding.

regards, tom lane

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