Re: [HACKERS] ORDER BY Problem...

2001-06-06 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > As far as I know, this is the standard (ASCII-ordered) way of sorting text. No, it's the "we don't know anything about text, but we can compare their numeric values" approach. -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc.

Re: [HACKERS] ORDER BY Problem...

2001-06-06 Thread Reinoud van Leeuwen
> Hello... > > Why does Postgresql order the uppercase letters first? > > I have e.g. a table with one row an in this row there are follow > values: > > row1 > > ADC > aa > ABC > > With this select-syntax > > select * from table order by row1 > > I become this output > > ABC > ADC > a

[HACKERS] ORDER BY Problem...

2001-06-06 Thread Severin Olloz
Hello... Why does Postgresql order the uppercase letters first? I have e.g. a table with one row an in this row there are follow values: row1 ADC aa ABC With this select-syntax select * from table order by row1 I become this output ABC ADC aa but I want this ouptut: aa ABC ADC What