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From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
To: <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>,
	"Reinhard Asmus" <reinhard.asmus@spdfraktion.de>
Subject: Re: german sort is wrong
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Reinhard Asmus <reinhard.asmus@spdfraktion.de> wrote:
 
> when i make a sort this is the result:
 
> [vowel with umlaut sorts equal to vowel without]
 
> in german this is wrong. what is the problem?
 
It appears to be one of three different "right" ways:
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_alphabet#Sorting
 
Is there a different collation available on your OS to sort names? 
 
-Kevin