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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] Collate problem when using ORDER BY
From:       Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2008-05-30 19:30:59
Message-ID: 484055F3.4000302 () sun ! com
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David Harel napsal(a):
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new here. I work on a site that uses postgres version 8.1.5 and 
> database encoding ISO_8859_8. When I sort select requests using order by 
> the "weight" of the characters seem to be really funny (but consistent). 
> It seems to me that if I create a "phantom" converted field such as:
> SELECT field convert(field, "ISO_8859_8" ,"UTF8") as field_utf8 ORDER BY 
> field_utf8;
> Then the sort will be OK however, I get the error:
> Query failed: ERROR: character 0xd7 of encoding "ISO_8859_8" has no 
> equivalent in "UTF8".
> 
> Is it due to a "bad" character in the content?
> Can I get rid of it like find/replace?
> Can I change collate for a given table/database?
> 

You can use only one encoding per database. It means you convert data from UTF8 
to ISO_8859_8, but you store it back into UTF8 encoded field. Probably strcoll 
function is confused with illegal UTF8 character which has been created by your 
conversion.

		Zdenek

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