Re: Set COLLATE on a session level

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 03:32:48PM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:

> pá 20. 11. 2020 v 15:28 odesílatel Dirk Mika <Dirk(dot)Mika(at)mikatiming(dot)de>
> napsal:
>
> > Let's assume there is an app that accesses the same database from
> > different countries. And in this app data should be displayed ordered. And
> > the sort order is not identical in all countries.
> >
> > Does the app have to send different SQL commands depending on the country?
> > Not nice.
> > Do the data have to be sorted in the app? Not nice either.
> >
>
> the query is the same - you just use a different COLLATE clause. For
> Postgres there is not any other way.

One might use a function producing a SELECT taking the locale as a parameter.

Or views in schemas per locale. Selecting the search path
per locale pulls in the right view.

Karsten
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