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To: Wes James <comptekki@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: order by different on mac vs linux 
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Comments: In-reply-to Wes James <comptekki@gmail.com>
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Wes James <comptekki@gmail.com> writes:
> Why is there a different order on the different platforms.

This is not exactly unusual.  You should first check to see if
lc_collate is set differently in the two installations --- but even if
it's the same, there are often platform-specific interpretations of
the sorting rules.  (Not to mention that OS X is flat out broken when
it comes to sorting UTF8 data ...)

If you want consistent cross-platform results, "C" locale will get
that for you, but it's pretty stupid about non-ASCII characters.

For more info read
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/charset.html

			regards, tom lane