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3 | 3 | PostgreSQL documentation |
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@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ ORDER BY <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> [ ASC | DESC | |
618 | 618 | <para> |
619 | 619 | The ordinal number refers to the ordinal (left-to-right) position |
620 | 620 | of the result column. This feature makes it possible to define an ordering |
621 | | - on the basis of a column that does not have aproper name. |
| 621 | + on the basis of a column that does not have aunique name. |
622 | 622 | This is never absolutely necessary because it is always possible |
623 | 623 | to assign a name to a result column using the AS clause, e.g.: |
624 | 624 | <programlisting> |
@@ -663,6 +663,12 @@ SELECT name FROM distributors ORDER BY code; |
663 | 663 | descending sort order nulls sort at the beginning. |
664 | 664 | </para> |
665 | 665 |
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| 666 | + <para> |
| 667 | + Data of character types is sorted according to the locale-specific |
| 668 | + collation order that was established when the database cluster |
| 669 | + was initialized. |
| 670 | + </para> |
| 671 | + |
666 | 672 | </refsect2> |
667 | 673 |
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668 | 674 | <refsect2 id="SQL-UNION"> |
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