Re: german sort is wrong

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Reinhard Asmus" <reinhard(dot)asmus(at)spdfraktion(dot)de>
Subject: Re: german sort is wrong
Date: 2012-03-21 13:51:06
Message-ID: 4F69967A02000025000464DC@gw.wicourts.gov
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Reinhard Asmus <reinhard(dot)asmus(at)spdfraktion(dot)de> wrote:

> when i make a sort this is the result:

> [vowel with umlaut sorts equal to vowel without]

> in german this is wrong. what is the problem?

It appears to be one of three different "right" ways:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_alphabet#Sorting

Is there a different collation available on your OS to sort names?

-Kevin

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