Re: Specifying column level collations

Tom Lane wrote on 07.05.2011 18:48:
> Thomas Kellerer<spam_eater@gmx.net>  writes:
>> My database is initialized as follows:
>
>> postgres=# select version();
>>                               version
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>    PostgreSQL 9.1beta1, compiled by Visual C++ build 1500, 32-bit
>> (1 row)
>
> I gather this is on Windows.
>
> Windows has its own notion of locale names, which look like this:
>
>>    lc_collate      | German_Germany.1252
>
> rather than the "de_DE" type of convention that's used by every other
> platform on the planet.  There is not yet support in initdb for
> pre-populating pg_collation with Windows-style entries, so you will
> have to create your own entries.  Presumably this would work for you,
> for instance:
>
> CREATE COLLATION german (locale='German_Germany.1252');
>

Ah! That did it. Thanks a lot.

Regards
Thomas