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On Monday 19 July 2010 19:15:32 Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)" <Robert.Burgholzer@deq.virginia.gov>
> 
> wrote:
> > This is really interesting.  Is there a way to set the locale on
> > the fly for a sort?  Having looked at the docs, it appears as if
> > the initDB step is the only opportunity to do so.
> 
> Starting with 8.4 you can specify it at the database level:
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-createdatabase.html
> 
> Peter Eisentraut is working on a way to set the collation for an
> individual column or (I think) for a sort; but that won't be in 9.0.
> Hopefully in 9.1....
> 
> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/1279045531.32647.14.camel@vanquo.
> pezone.net
> 
> -Kevin


Thank you for clarifying this.

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