Re: ORDER BY: lexicographic ordering of names

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bryan Herger <bryanh(at)autonomy(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ORDER BY: lexicographic ordering of names
Date: 2009-03-19 00:37:00
Message-ID: 20090319003700.GP3798@alvh.no-ip.org
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Bryan Herger wrote:

> I am porting a database from MS SQL Server to Postgres. One of the
> tables contains a list of names, which I would like to list
> alphabetically. I noticed in the "O" names the following difference:

Note to whoever answers: this is a frequent question, so consider adding
your answer to the FAQ on the wiki,

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/FAQ

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