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To: Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: unexpected ORDER BY 
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Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net> writes:
> I've got an PG 8.4 on a opensuse box running.
> The DB is unicode german.

> There is a text column I'd like to order by but as far as I see PG 
> ignores special chars and uses only characters and numbers.

This is driven by the locale you're using, specifically the LC_COLLATE
setting.  If you want "plain ASCII" sort order, you need to switch to
C locale.

			regards, tom lane