RE: ORDER BY Problem...

As far as I know, this is the standard (ASCII-ordered) way of sorting text.
For example, MySQL does the same thing.

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Severin Olloz
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 June 2001 8:56 AM
> To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [HACKERS] ORDER BY Problem...
>
>
> Hello...
>
> Why does Postgresql order the uppercase letters first?
>
> I have e.g. a table with one row an in this row there are follow values:
>
> row1
> ----
> ADC
> aa
> ABC
>
> With this select-syntax
>
> select * from table order by row1
>
> I become this output
>
> ABC
> ADC
> aa
>
> but I want this ouptut:
>
> aa
> ABC
> ADC
>
> What do I wrong?
>
> --
> Gruss: Severin Olloz
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