Re: BUG #2231: Incorrect Order By

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Garoso, Fernando wrote:

>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 2231
> Logged by: Garoso, Fernando
> Email address: fgaroso(at)ig(dot)com(dot)br
> PostgreSQL version: 8.x
> Operating system: GNU Linux Debian
> Description: Incorrect Order By
> Details:
>
> create table tmp ( name char(30) );
> create index tmp_idx on tmp (name);
> insert into tmp values ( 'SUEKO' );
> insert into tmp values ( 'SUE E' );
> insert into tmp values ( 'SUE T' );
>
> select * from tmp order by name;
>
>
> ### Result ###
>
> teste=# select * from tmp order by name desc;
> name
> --------------------------------
> SUE T
> SUEKO
> SUE E
> (3 registros)

What locale are you using? The above looks correct to my eye for en_US
locale on most linux systems which use dictionary sorting.