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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Samuel Gendler <sgendler@ideasculptor.com>
Cc: emilu@encs.concordia.ca, "Ozer, Pam" <pozer@automotive.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Sorting Issue
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 17:28:34 -0400
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In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikJhPpiM-rV9DX1rp_1dJhbTGOtZQ@mail.gmail.com>
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	<216FFB77CBFAEE4B8EE4DF0A939FF1D14F85F7@mail-001.corp.automotive.com>
	<4DC845EC.1020806@encs.concordia.ca>
	<216FFB77CBFAEE4B8EE4DF0A939FF1D14F85F8@mail-001.corp.automotive.com>
	<4DC850CC.50409@encs.concordia.ca>
	<BANLkTikJhPpiM-rV9DX1rp_1dJhbTGOtZQ@mail.gmail.com>

Samuel Gendler <sgendler@ideasculptor.com> writes:
> It's not at all clear why they are not coming out of the db in
> alphabetically sorted order when  the query includes "order by
> VehicleTrimAbbreviated asc"

Usually the thing to ask at this point is "what's the database's
LC_COLLATE setting"?  Non-C locales often have truly bizarre
sorting rules.

			regards, tom lane

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