Re: select statement sorting

you can do a lower on it to remove the case sensitivity.

select * from table order by lower(table_column) asc

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Cohen [mailto:alex(at)toomuchspace(dot)com]
Sent: 31 March 2004 16:32
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [GENERAL] select statement sorting

is it possible to have postgres return a "SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY
table_column" query that is not case sensitive order?

if i have these words in a column:

Alex
alex
Barbara
Cohen

i will get them back in the following order in the tuples:

Alex
Barbara
Cohen
alex

But i want them back likke this:

Alex
alex
Barbara
Cohen

Is this possible or do i need to sort them myself after the query
returns?

Also, i noticed that postgres will let me create groups, databases and
users with spaces in their names, is this ok or should i check this
beforehand and not allow this?

thanks!

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Alexander Cohen
http://www.toomuchspace.com
(819) 348-9237
(819) 432-3443

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