Re: Per-column collation

David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki.takahiro@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-12-06T19:36:30Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Dec 6, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> This has been touch upon several times during the discussions on past
> patches.
> 
> Essentially, the current patch only arranges that you can specify a sort
> order for data.  The system always breaks ties using a binary
> comparison.  This could conceivably be changed, but it's a separate
> problem.  Some of the necessary investigation work has presumably
> already been done in the context of citext.

Okay, thanks, good to know.

Best,

David