> (Hint: all the other ones use dictionary > sorting rules, which have at least a discrimination against spaces.) Tom, thank you. I ran the following code in 8.1 show lc_collate; -- returns "Estonian_Estonia.1257" create temp table foo ( bar char(10) ) on commit drop ; insert into foo values ('A'); insert into foo values ('A C'); -- two spaces insert into foo values ('A B'); -- single space insert into foo values ('A C'); -- single space select * from foo order by bar; and got "A " "A C " "A B " "A C " I don't see any space discrimination on sorting here. I sorted the same data in Microsoft Word and got the same result. Andrus. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster