Re: [COMMITTERS] How strings are sorted by LC_COLLATE specifically?

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Chang Chao <charleschung(dot)cn(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] How strings are sorted by LC_COLLATE specifically?
Date: 2010-11-25 19:25:37
Message-ID: AANLkTim5XGy8Kc7feW7_nAkTJpgQR4VEAOQCmUpptwqt@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Chang Chao <charleschung(dot)cn(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> How strings are sorted when LC_COLLATE = ja_JP.UTF-8.
> I tried to read the documention on that,but there are just a few words,
> like LC_COLLATE determines string sort order,
> Is there a specific reference about this?
> So I can implement an equivalent string sort function in JAVA.
> because some of the sort logic is here.
> Any clue will be greatly appreciated.

As far as I know, we just inherit whatever behavior the operating
system has for that collation.

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Robert Haas
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