Humm, ok, it is clear now. And is there a way to change something in this behaviour, like not ignore spaces and some type of symbols?
A configuration file or a patch? Thanks in advance! > -----Mensagem original----- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nome de Stephan Szabo > Enviada em: quarta-feira, 28 de março de 2007 19:23 > Para: Carlos H. Reimer > Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Assunto: Re: [GENERAL] Order by behaviour > > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Carlos H. Reimer wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > We have a PostgreSQL 8.0.6 cluster configured with > lc_collate=pt_BR.UTF-8 > > and when we run the following SELECT: > > SELECT substr(nomerazao,1,4), > > ascii(substr(nomerazao,1,1)), > > ascii(substr(nomerazao,2,1)) > > from spunico.unico order by nomerazao; > > > > is returning: > > > > substr | ascii | ascii > > --------+-------+------- > > | 32 | 0 > > | 32 | 0 > > 1000 | 49 | 48 > > 1.DI | 49 | 46 > > 1° R | 49 | 176 > > 2M C | 50 | 77 > > 3A.G | 51 | 65 > > A. A | 65 | 46 > > AABA | 65 | 65 > > A.A. | 65 | 46 > > A.AG | 65 | 46 > > A.A. | 65 | 46 > > A.A. | 65 | 46 > > ABAS | 65 | 66 > > ABAS | 65 | 66 > > ABAT | 65 | 66 > > A.B. | 65 | 46 > > A.B. | 65 | 46 > > ABCC | 65 | 66 > > A.B. | 65 | 46 > > A.B. | 65 | 46 > > > > Are not the lines out of order or is it a normal behaviour for > a server with > > lc_collate=pt_BR.UTF-8? > > Many collations ignore spaces and symbols on the first pass, so, for > example you might have "A Z" > "AB" despite the fact that a space has a > lower value than a B. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
