Dragan Matic <mlists(at)panforma(dot)co(dot)yu> writes:
> Is there some way to make Postgres sort elements
> in this way (setting sort order or collation, I suppose)?
C locale would sort that way; you appear to be using some other locale.
I concur with the nearby suggestions that you should consider a more
appropriate datatype, if all your data will be integers. Operations on
integers will be lots faster than operations on strings.
regards, tom lane