> > The following bug has been logged online: > > > > Bug reference: 2317 > > Logged by: TomasKlockar > > Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PostgreSQL version: 7.3.2/7.4.7 > > Operating system: linux(fedora) > > Description: Wrong sorting order for (VW) > > Details: > > > > SELECT cname FROM clients ORDER BY cname; > > > > sorts W before V and that is a mistake. > > > > the result is > > > > V > > W > > WHI > > Vi > > Wi > > Volvo > > > > Correct order would be to place all vV before all wW. > > > > I think the database was initialized with UTF8 but it might > have been > > ISO_8859-1, however the error is easily repeatable and ill > be happy to > > provide a dump. > > > > I tested this on 7.3.2 and 7.4.7 and the error was repeatable. > > I think the most important thing we'd need to know is what > locale the database was initialized with in order to try to reproduce. > > If you put similar data in a file and use the unix "sort" > command with the same locale, do you get the same order?
That looks like the typical swedish locale, which sorts V and W as the same character. Yes, that can be very annoying for some of us :-), but that's the way it's defined. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq