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36.10. collations
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36.10. collations

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

Table 36.8. collations Columns

Column 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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