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36.10. collations

The view collations contains the collations available in the current database.

Table 36.8. collations Columns

Name Data Type Description
collation_catalog sql_identifier Name of the database containing the collation (always the current database)
collation_schema sql_identifier Name of the schema containing the collation
collation_name sql_identifier Name of the default collation
pad_attribute character_data Always NO PAD (The alternative PAD SPACE is not supported by PostgreSQL.)

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