> Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Am Freitag, 24. Juni 2005 17:06 schrieb Tatsuo Ishii: > >> Really? I vaguley recall that someone who came from US complained > >> about the sort order of en locale. I thought English speakers prefer C > >> locale. > > > I have never seen an English dictionary or other list that sorts A, ... Z, > > a, ... z and accented characters (which do occur in English) last. It > > might > > be a preference for some people, but that is hardly an English vs. other > > language issue and certainly not a "should", as phrased in the question. > > I think it's more a "programmers are used to ASCII order, but nobody else is" > kind of deal. I agree with Peter that the question is poorly chosen > because both #1 and #5 could be considered wrong.
Interesting. So English speaking PostgreSQL users always used to enable locale support before 7.3 days? -- Tatsuo Ishii ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
