Glenn Holmer wrote:
> I don't know if this is a JDBC thing or not,
It is not.
> select distinct style, color, width, size from skiddata
> where skidno = 'F3932' order by style, color, width, size;
>
> I get the sizes in order '10 ', '10-', '11 ', '12 ', ' 9 ',
> ' 9-'. Shouldn't ' 9 ' and ' 9-' come first? Have I got
> something set up wrong in Postgres?
Text fields are sorted textually. If you want a numeric sort, use a
numeric data type.