This is part of the database collation, and as I understand the Django docs it's not something Django handles internally. It's something you set/tweak inside your database.
What database are you using? On MySQL the docs say to set a column collation. On Oracle I believe you can change the NLS_SORT init parameter. On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Paulo Maciel <[email protected]> wrote: > I am returning the query Something.objects.all().order_by(Lower('name')) > but the order is not respecting names that start with accent, causing these > results appear at the end of ordering. We need a function to ignore accents > and order correctly names with accents, as well as function Lower treats the > results. > > Currently: > > arroz > baleia > dado > limão > xerox > água > ótimo > > As it should be: > > água > arroz > baleia > dado > limão > ótimo > xerox > > > We need a function like it to fix the problem: > Person.objects.all().order_by(Unaccent('name')) > > This is a priority issue because it affects thousands of Brazilians and > other nationalities who use Portuguese. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/27620089-a89e-4e13-9576-637e37395754%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAD4ANxUHOEG3qbXEtLq7yTuVxYQUry-y3agFWaXCNVo9Gv6zag%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
