Select name from info order by  name; 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lennin Caro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:26 PM
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Blanco, Jose
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Ordering not acting right.

> I have a text field which I use to store names ( lastname, firstname )

> and suppose we have the following 3 authors in the field:
>    ta, a
>    ta, z
>    tab, a
> 
> I would expect them to show up in the order shown above when I select 
> this field and order it by it, but instead I get:
> 
>    ta, a
>    tab, a
>    ta, z
> 
> Some one has suggested that this may have to do with my locale 
> setting.
> I'm not an administrator so I'm not sure what how to check for the 
> locale setting or what to change it to.  Does any one have any 
> suggestions?
> 
> I'm using postgres 8.1.11.

can you show the query sintax?




      


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