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To: Bryan White <nicktook@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ORDER BY is case insensitive 
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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