From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bryan White <nicktook@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ORDER BY is case insensitive
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:40:01 -0400
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Bryan White <nicktook@gmail.com> writes:
> I was suprised to find out that ORDER BY is case insensitive. Is
> there a way to do a case sensitive ORDER BY clause?
Text sort order is determined by the rules of the locale you're using,
specifically the database's LC_COLLATE setting. Most implementations of
en_US locale use "dictionary" ordering. You might prefer C locale's
rules instead.
regards, tom lane
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