"Tim Edwards" <mor4321@hotmail.com> writes:
> When I sort ASC on the varchar I get some strange results. Here a section of
> data cut after running a sort. It starts with RM- then does RMT- Then goes
> back for more RM-.
Sounds like you're in en_US locale, or at least something other than C
locale.
Unfortunately this can only be fixed by re-initdb'ing :-(
regards, tom lane