Re: unexpected ORDER BY

Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net> writes:
> I've got an PG 8.4 on a opensuse box running.
> The DB is unicode german.

> There is a text column I'd like to order by but as far as I see PG 
> ignores special chars and uses only characters and numbers.

This is driven by the locale you're using, specifically the LC_COLLATE
setting.  If you want "plain ASCII" sort order, you need to switch to
C locale.
        regards, tom lane