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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.63 2002/10/24 21:19:15 tgl Exp $ |
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The ordinal number refers to the ordinal (left-to-right) position |
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of the result column. This feature makes it possible to define an ordering |
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on the basis of a column that does not have a proper name. |
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on the basis of a column that does not have a unique name. |
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This is never absolutely necessary because it is always possible |
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to assign a name to a result column using the AS clause, e.g.: |
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<programlisting> |
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descending sort order nulls sort at the beginning. |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Data of character types is sorted according to the locale-specific |
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collation order that was established when the database cluster |
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was initialized. |
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</para> |
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