"Len Morgan" <len-morgan(at)crcom(dot)net> writes:
> The problem shows up in names that contain more than one word. It seems
> that the "new" alphabetical order doesn't look at spaces or dashes when
> deciding on order. For example:
Sounds like you have selected a non-C locale (most likely en_US, which
is the system default in recent RH releases). Unfortunately the only
way to change PG's locale is a fresh initdb :-(. Try
export LANG=C
locale --- make sure it says "C" for everything
initdb
regards, tom lane