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Add note about sort order of character datatypes being locale-dependent,

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per suggestion from Nicolaus Erichsen.
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Tom Lane
2002-10-24 21:19:15 +00:00
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.62 2002/10/18 18:26:22 tgl Exp $ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.63 2002/10/24 21:19:15 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation PostgreSQL documentation
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<para> <para>
The ordinal number refers to the ordinal (left-to-right) position The ordinal number refers to the ordinal (left-to-right) position
of the result column. This feature makes it possible to define an ordering of the result column. This feature makes it possible to define an ordering
on the basis of a column that does not have a proper name. on the basis of a column that does not have a unique name.
This is never absolutely necessary because it is always possible This is never absolutely necessary because it is always possible
to assign a name to a result column using the AS clause, e.g.: to assign a name to a result column using the AS clause, e.g.:
<programlisting> <programlisting>
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descending sort order nulls sort at the beginning. descending sort order nulls sort at the beginning.
</para> </para>
<para>
Data of character types is sorted according to the locale-specific
collation order that was established when the database cluster
was initialized.
</para>
</refsect2> </refsect2>
<refsect2 id="SQL-UNION"> <refsect2 id="SQL-UNION">