From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: JBJ <postgre@totw.org>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: once again, sorting with Unicode
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:22:37 -0500
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JBJ <postgre@totw.org> writes:
> Furthermore I will have to be able to switch between is_IS and others to
> get the correct sort order ( russian sort order different from icelandic
> for example, simply due to the nature of the letters) live when the user
> selects a different language.
Postgres can't do that at the moment :-(. You might be able to hack up
some custom functions to do something like
ORDER BY icelandic(text_col)
but it'll be messy, and probably slow.
regards, tom lane
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