Re: [GENERAL] Collation in ORDER BY not lexicographical

2009-10-01 Thread Paul Gaspar
Thank you all very much for your help. Maximilian, we simplified your replacing code: replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace ($1,'Ä','A'),'Ö','O'),'Ü','U' ),'ä','a'),'ö','o'),'ü','u'); to this: translate(upper($1),'ÄÖÜ','AOU') Paul Am 29.09.2009 um 14:36 schrieb Maximilia

Re: [GENERAL] Collation in ORDER BY not lexicographical

2009-09-30 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 03:21 -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Paul Gaspar wrote: > > Hi! > > > > We have big problems with collation in ORDER BY, which happens in binary > > order, not alphabetic (lexicographical), like:. > > > > A > > B > > Z > > a > > z > > Ä > > Ö >

Re: [GENERAL] Collation in ORDER BY not lexicographical

2009-09-29 Thread Maximilian Tyrtania
am 29.09.2009 11:21 Uhr schrieb Scott Marlowe unter scott.marl...@gmail.com: > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Paul Gaspar wrote: >> Hi! >> >> We have big problems with collation in ORDER BY, which happens in binary >> order, not alphabetic (lexicographical), like:. >> >> A >> B >> Z >> a >> z

Re: [GENERAL] Collation in ORDER BY not lexicographical

2009-09-29 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Paul Gaspar wrote: > Hi! > > We have big problems with collation in ORDER BY, which happens in binary > order, not alphabetic (lexicographical), like:. > > A > B > Z > a > z > Ä > Ö > ä > ö > > PG is running on Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 Intel. I seem to recall there