Re: Sorting problem

I think what you actually want is natural sorting.

Ries

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]Namens Jean-Luc Lachance
> Verzonden: woensdag 15 oktober 2003 17:43
> Aan: George A.J
> CC: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [SQL] Sorting problem
> 
> 
> You are obviously not using C locale.
> If you can't change it for some reason, you can use:
> 
> select * from accounts order by int4( trim( acno, '#'));
> 
> JLL
> 
> "George A.J" wrote:
> > 
> > hi all,
> > i am using postgres 7.3.2 .i am converitng a mssql database to
> > postgres.
> > now i am facing a strange problem. sorting based on a 
> varchar field is
> > not working
> > as expected. the non alphanumeric characters are not 
> sorting based on
> > the ascii
> > value of them.
> > 
> > i have the following table structure..
> > 
> > create table accounts
> > (
> >   AcNo varchar (10),
> >   Name varchar(100),
> >   balance numeric(19,4)
> > )
> > 
> > when i used the query select  * from accounts order by acno. the
> > result is not correct
> > 
> > suppose that the acno field contains values '###1' ,'###2' ,'##10' ,
> > '#100'
> > the sort order in postgres is
> > '###1'
> > '##10'
> > '#100'
> > '###2'
> >  But i want the result as follows
> > '###1'
> > '###2'
> > '##10'
> > '#100'
> > 
> > that means the ascii value of # should be considered for sorting..
> > what is the problem. is it the behaviour of postgres.
> > do i need to change any configuration. i am using all default
> > configurations
> > or is it a bug...?
> > the problem actually is of < & > operators for varchar.
> > 
> > in a simple comparison
> > 
> > select '###2' < '##10'
> > 
> > returns false but i need true.
> > 
> > is there any solution exist. even if i replaced # with any non
> > alphanumeric
> > character the result is same..
> > 
> > pls help
> > 
> > jinu jose
> > 
> > 
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