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Update statement about sorting of character-string data.

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The sort order is no longer fixed at database creation time, but can be
controlled via COLLATE.  Noted by Thomas Kellerer.
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Tom Lane 2012-01-28 20:54:56 -05:00
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@ -1050,8 +1050,13 @@ SELECT name FROM distributors ORDER BY code;
</para>
<para>
Character-string data is sorted according to the locale-specific
collation order that was established when the database was created.
Character-string data is sorted according to the collation that applies
to the column being sorted. That can be overridden at need by including
a <literal>COLLATE</> clause in the
<replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable>, for example
<literal>ORDER BY mycolumn COLLATE "en_US"</>.
For more information see <xref linkend="sql-syntax-collate-exprs"> and
<xref linkend="collation">.
</para>
</refsect2>