From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Mikel Lindsaar <raasdnil@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Ordering a name list and ignoring whitespace
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:13:20 -0400
Message-ID: <16742.1239891200@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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Mikel Lindsaar <raasdnil@gmail.com> writes:
> I'm trying to select a list of names in alphabetical order but
> ignoring the whitespace.
> So for example, the name "La Combe" should come after "Lace" but
> before "Lacs..."
FWIW, this would probably happen automatically if you were using a
non-C locale. I'm not sure that's really a good solution, because
switching to a different locale would affect every sort operation
you ever do. But it's an alternative to consider.
regards, tom lane
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