> I have a text field which I use to store names ( lastname,
> firstname )
> and suppose we have the following 3 authors in the field:
> ta, a
> ta, z
> tab, a
>
> I would expect them to show up in the order shown above
> when I select
> this field and order it by it, but instead I get:
>
> ta, a
> tab, a
> ta, z
>
> Some one has suggested that this may have to do with my
> locale setting.
> I'm not an administrator so I'm not sure what how
> to check for the
> locale setting or what to change it to. Does any one have
> any
> suggestions?
>
> I'm using postgres 8.1.11.
can you show the query sintax?
