Update statement about sorting of character-string data.
The sort order is no longer fixed at database creation time, but can be controlled via COLLATE. Noted by Thomas Kellerer.
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@ -1050,8 +1050,13 @@ SELECT name FROM distributors ORDER BY code;
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<para>
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Character-string data is sorted according to the locale-specific
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collation order that was established when the database was created.
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Character-string data is sorted according to the collation that applies
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to the column being sorted. That can be overridden at need by including
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a <literal>COLLATE</> clause in the
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<replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable>, for example
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<literal>ORDER BY mycolumn COLLATE "en_US"</>.
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For more information see <xref linkend="sql-syntax-collate-exprs"> and
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<xref linkend="collation">.
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</para>
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</refsect2>
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