I don't think PostgreSQL's sorting it wrong... here's the output of
Linux's sort utility:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat test.txt
GABRIEL ALEXANDRE DA SILVA MANICA
GABRIELA LETICIA BATISTA NUNES
GABRIEL ALCIDES KLIM PERONDI
GABRIELA JACOBY NOS
GABRIELA HELEDA DE SOUZA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat test.txt | sort
GABRIELA HELEDA DE SOUZA
GABRIELA JACOBY NOS
GABRIEL ALCIDES KLIM PERONDI
GABRIELA LETICIA BATISTA NUNES
GABRIEL ALEXANDRE DA SILVA MANICA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> psql -c "SELECT * FROM aluno ORDER BY nome" postgres
id | nome
----+-----------------------------------
36 | GABRIELA HELEDA DE SOUZA
37 | GABRIELA JACOBY NOS
38 | GABRIEL ALCIDES KLIM PERONDI
39 | GABRIELA LETICIA BATISTA NUNES
40 | GABRIEL ALEXANDRE DA SILVA MANICA
(5 rows)
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Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect
EnterpriseDB Corporation
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TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to
choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
match
