Erwin Brandstetter <brandstetter(at)falter(dot)at> writes:
> Wait .. not that great! The system locale is more or less ignored, but
> my sort order will approach randomness?
Peter's point is that a given locale setting will expect a particular
encoding, and if you try to use a different encoding then your sort
ordering will be wrong. Not "random" exactly, but not what you want.
regards, tom lane