diff --git a/contrib/btree_gist/btree_utils_var.c b/contrib/btree_gist/btree_utils_var.c
index a703289..2d8801d 100644
--- a/contrib/btree_gist/btree_utils_var.c
+++ b/contrib/btree_gist/btree_utils_var.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ gbt_bytea_pf_match(const bytea *pf, const bytea *query, const gbtree_vinfo *tinf
 
 		if (tinfo->eml > 1)
 		{
-			out = (varstr_cmp(q, nlen, n, nlen) == 0);
+			out = (varstr_cmp(q, nlen, n, nlen, InvalidOid) == 0);
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/contrib/citext/citext.c b/contrib/citext/citext.c
index 006d0e4..bf7c978 100644
--- a/contrib/citext/citext.c
+++ b/contrib/citext/citext.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PG_MODULE_MAGIC;
  *		====================
  */
 
-static int32 citextcmp(text *left, text *right);
+static int32 citextcmp(text *left, text *right, Oid collid);
 extern Datum citext_cmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum citext_hash(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum citext_eq(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern Datum citext_larger(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
  * Returns int32 negative, zero, or positive.
  */
 static int32
-citextcmp(text *left, text *right)
+citextcmp(text *left, text *right, Oid collid)
 {
 	char	   *lcstr,
 			   *rcstr;
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ citextcmp(text *left, text *right)
 	rcstr = str_tolower(VARDATA_ANY(right), VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(right));
 
 	result = varstr_cmp(lcstr, strlen(lcstr),
-						rcstr, strlen(rcstr));
+						rcstr, strlen(rcstr),
+						collid);
 
 	pfree(lcstr);
 	pfree(rcstr);
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ citext_cmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *right = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	int32		result;
 
-	result = citextcmp(left, right);
+	result = citextcmp(left, right, PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(left, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(right, 1);
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ citext_lt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *right = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	bool		result;
 
-	result = citextcmp(left, right) < 0;
+	result = citextcmp(left, right, PG_GET_COLLATION()) < 0;
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(left, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(right, 1);
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ citext_le(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *right = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	bool		result;
 
-	result = citextcmp(left, right) <= 0;
+	result = citextcmp(left, right, PG_GET_COLLATION()) <= 0;
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(left, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(right, 1);
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ citext_gt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *right = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	bool		result;
 
-	result = citextcmp(left, right) > 0;
+	result = citextcmp(left, right, PG_GET_COLLATION()) > 0;
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(left, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(right, 1);
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ citext_ge(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *right = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	bool		result;
 
-	result = citextcmp(left, right) >= 0;
+	result = citextcmp(left, right, PG_GET_COLLATION()) >= 0;
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(left, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(right, 1);
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ citext_smaller(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *right = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	text	   *result;
 
-	result = citextcmp(left, right) < 0 ? left : right;
+	result = citextcmp(left, right, PG_GET_COLLATION()) < 0 ? left : right;
 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
 }
 
@@ -264,6 +265,6 @@ citext_larger(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *right = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	text	   *result;
 
-	result = citextcmp(left, right) > 0 ? left : right;
+	result = citextcmp(left, right, PG_GET_COLLATION()) > 0 ? left : right;
 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/access/common/tupdesc.c b/src/backend/access/common/tupdesc.c
index 9a8611f..2b290f8 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/common/tupdesc.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/common/tupdesc.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ TupleDescInitEntry(TupleDesc desc,
 	att->attisdropped = false;
 	att->attislocal = true;
 	att->attinhcount = 0;
+	att->attcollation = InvalidOid;
 	/* attacl and attoptions are not present in tupledescs */
 
 	tuple = SearchSysCache1(TYPEOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(oidtypeid));
@@ -514,6 +515,7 @@ BuildDescForRelation(List *schema)
 	Oid			atttypid;
 	int32		atttypmod;
 	int			attdim;
+	Oid			colloid;
 
 	/*
 	 * allocate a new tuple descriptor
@@ -536,7 +538,7 @@ BuildDescForRelation(List *schema)
 		attnum++;
 
 		attname = entry->colname;
-		atttypid = typenameTypeId(NULL, entry->typeName, &atttypmod);
+		atttypid = typenameTypeId(NULL, entry->typeName, &atttypmod, &colloid);
 		attdim = list_length(entry->typeName->arrayBounds);
 
 		if (entry->typeName->setof)
@@ -557,6 +559,7 @@ BuildDescForRelation(List *schema)
 		has_not_null |= entry->is_not_null;
 		desc->attrs[attnum - 1]->attislocal = entry->is_local;
 		desc->attrs[attnum - 1]->attinhcount = entry->inhcount;
+		desc->attrs[attnum - 1]->attcollation = colloid;
 	}
 
 	if (has_not_null)
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/Makefile b/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
index 82f761d..32ed66d 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ OBJS = catalog.o dependency.o heap.o index.o indexing.o namespace.o aclchk.o \
        pg_inherits.o pg_largeobject.o pg_namespace.o pg_operator.o pg_proc.o \
        pg_db_role_setting.o pg_shdepend.o pg_type.o storage.o toasting.o
 
-BKIFILES = postgres.bki postgres.description postgres.shdescription
+BKIFILES = postgres.bki postgres.description postgres.shdescription locales.txt
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/src/backend/common.mk
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ POSTGRES_BKI_SRCS = $(addprefix $(top_srcdir)/src/include/catalog/,\
 	pg_ts_config.h pg_ts_config_map.h pg_ts_dict.h \
 	pg_ts_parser.h pg_ts_template.h \
 	pg_foreign_data_wrapper.h pg_foreign_server.h pg_user_mapping.h \
-	pg_default_acl.h \
+	pg_default_acl.h pg_collation.h \
 	toasting.h indexing.h \
     )
 
@@ -57,11 +57,15 @@ schemapg.h: postgres.bki ;
 postgres.bki: genbki.pl Catalog.pm $(POSTGRES_BKI_SRCS)
 	$(PERL) -I $(catalogdir) $< $(pg_includes) --set-version=$(MAJORVERSION) $(POSTGRES_BKI_SRCS)
 
+locales.txt:
+	for loc in $$(locale -a); do cm=$$(LC_CTYPE="$$loc" locale charmap); echo "$$loc	$$cm"; done >$@
+
 .PHONY: install-data
 install-data: $(BKIFILES) installdirs
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(call vpathsearch,postgres.bki) '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.bki'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(call vpathsearch,postgres.description) '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.description'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(call vpathsearch,postgres.shdescription) '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgres.shdescription'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(call vpathsearch,locales.txt) '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/locales.txt'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/system_views.sql '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/system_views.sql'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/information_schema.sql '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/information_schema.sql'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/sql_features.txt '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/sql_features.txt'
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ uninstall-data:
 # postgres.bki, postgres.description, postgres.shdescription, and schemapg.h
 # are in the distribution tarball, so they are not cleaned here.
 clean:
+	rm -f locales.txt
 
 maintainer-clean: clean
 	rm -f $(BKIFILES)
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl b/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
index 31aabda..5e57946 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/genbki.pl
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ sub emit_pgattr_row
         attisdropped  => 'f',
         attislocal    => 't',
         attinhcount   => '0',
+        attcollation  => '0',
         attacl        => '_null_',
         attoptions    => '_null_'
     );
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/heap.c b/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
index d848ef0..b0350ed 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ InsertPgAttributeTuple(Relation pg_attribute_rel,
 	values[Anum_pg_attribute_attisdropped - 1] = BoolGetDatum(new_attribute->attisdropped);
 	values[Anum_pg_attribute_attislocal - 1] = BoolGetDatum(new_attribute->attislocal);
 	values[Anum_pg_attribute_attinhcount - 1] = Int32GetDatum(new_attribute->attinhcount);
+	values[Anum_pg_attribute_attcollation - 1] = ObjectIdGetDatum(new_attribute->attcollation);
 
 	/* start out with empty permissions and empty options */
 	nulls[Anum_pg_attribute_attacl - 1] = true;
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c b/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
index 5581346..ba1a720 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/namespace.c
@@ -2765,6 +2765,53 @@ PopOverrideSearchPath(void)
 
 
 /*
+ * FindCollationByName - find a collation by possibly qualified name
+ */
+Oid
+FindCollationByName(List *name)
+{
+	char	   *schemaname;
+	char	   *collation_name;
+	Oid			namespaceId;
+	Oid			colloid;
+	ListCell   *l;
+
+	/* deconstruct the name list */
+	DeconstructQualifiedName(name, &schemaname, &collation_name);
+
+	if (schemaname)
+	{
+		/* use exact schema given */
+		namespaceId = LookupExplicitNamespace(schemaname);
+		return GetSysCacheOid2(COLLNAMENSP,
+							   PointerGetDatum(collation_name),
+							   ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceId));
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		/* search for it in search path */
+		recomputeNamespacePath();
+
+		foreach(l, activeSearchPath)
+		{
+			namespaceId = lfirst_oid(l);
+
+			if (namespaceId == myTempNamespace)
+				continue;		/* do not look in temp namespace */
+
+			colloid = GetSysCacheOid2(COLLNAMENSP,
+									  PointerGetDatum(collation_name),
+									  ObjectIdGetDatum(namespaceId));
+			if (OidIsValid(colloid))
+				return colloid;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Not found in path */
+	return InvalidOid;
+}
+
+/*
  * FindConversionByName - find a conversion by possibly qualified name
  */
 Oid
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_type.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_type.c
index 76f9e06..5532b3c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_type.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_type.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ TypeShellMake(const char *typeName, Oid typeNamespace, Oid ownerId)
 	values[i++] = CharGetDatum('i');	/* typalign */
 	values[i++] = CharGetDatum('p');	/* typstorage */
 	values[i++] = BoolGetDatum(false);	/* typnotnull */
+	values[i++] = BoolGetDatum(false);	/* typcollatable */
 	values[i++] = ObjectIdGetDatum(InvalidOid); /* typbasetype */
 	values[i++] = Int32GetDatum(-1);	/* typtypmod */
 	values[i++] = Int32GetDatum(0);		/* typndims */
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ TypeCreate(Oid newTypeOid,
 	values[i++] = CharGetDatum(alignment);		/* typalign */
 	values[i++] = CharGetDatum(storage);		/* typstorage */
 	values[i++] = BoolGetDatum(typeNotNull);	/* typnotnull */
+	values[i++] = BoolGetDatum(false);			/* typcollatable */	// TODO: add to CREATE TYPE
 	values[i++] = ObjectIdGetDatum(baseType);	/* typbasetype */
 	values[i++] = Int32GetDatum(typeMod);		/* typtypmod */
 	values[i++] = Int32GetDatum(typNDims);		/* typndims */
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
index 4964fb3..d7ba02e 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/aggregatecmds.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ DefineAggregate(List *name, List *args, bool oldstyle, List *parameters)
 		{
 			numArgs = 1;
 			aggArgTypes = (Oid *) palloc(sizeof(Oid));
-			aggArgTypes[0] = typenameTypeId(NULL, baseType, NULL);
+			aggArgTypes[0] = typenameTypeId(NULL, baseType, NULL, NULL);
 		}
 	}
 	else
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ DefineAggregate(List *name, List *args, bool oldstyle, List *parameters)
 		{
 			TypeName   *curTypeName = (TypeName *) lfirst(lc);
 
-			aggArgTypes[i++] = typenameTypeId(NULL, curTypeName, NULL);
+			aggArgTypes[i++] = typenameTypeId(NULL, curTypeName, NULL, NULL);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ DefineAggregate(List *name, List *args, bool oldstyle, List *parameters)
 	 * worse) by connecting up incompatible internal-using functions in an
 	 * aggregate.
 	 */
-	transTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, transType, NULL);
+	transTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, transType, NULL, NULL);
 	if (get_typtype(transTypeId) == TYPTYPE_PSEUDO &&
 		!IsPolymorphicType(transTypeId))
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/comment.c b/src/backend/commands/comment.c
index b613cbf..e0e2c91 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/comment.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/comment.c
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ CommentType(List *typename, char *comment)
 
 	/* Find the type's oid */
 
-	oid = typenameTypeId(NULL, tname, NULL);
+	oid = typenameTypeId(NULL, tname, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Check object security */
 
@@ -1457,8 +1457,8 @@ CommentCast(List *qualname, List *arguments, char *comment)
 	targettype = (TypeName *) linitial(arguments);
 	Assert(IsA(targettype, TypeName));
 
-	sourcetypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, sourcetype, NULL);
-	targettypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, targettype, NULL);
+	sourcetypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, sourcetype, NULL, NULL);
+	targettypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, targettype, NULL, NULL);
 
 	tuple = SearchSysCache2(CASTSOURCETARGET,
 							ObjectIdGetDatum(sourcetypeid),
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
index 9a584ed..8de06ee 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/functioncmds.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ compute_return_type(TypeName *returnType, Oid languageOid,
 	Oid			rettype;
 	Type		typtup;
 
-	typtup = LookupTypeName(NULL, returnType, NULL);
+	typtup = LookupTypeName(NULL, returnType, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (typtup)
 	{
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ examine_parameter_list(List *parameters, Oid languageOid,
 		Oid			toid;
 		Type		typtup;
 
-		typtup = LookupTypeName(NULL, t, NULL);
+		typtup = LookupTypeName(NULL, t, NULL, NULL);
 		if (typtup)
 		{
 			if (!((Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typtup))->typisdefined)
@@ -1496,8 +1496,8 @@ CreateCast(CreateCastStmt *stmt)
 	ObjectAddress myself,
 				referenced;
 
-	sourcetypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->sourcetype, NULL);
-	targettypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->targettype, NULL);
+	sourcetypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->sourcetype, NULL, NULL);
+	targettypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->targettype, NULL, NULL);
 	sourcetyptype = get_typtype(sourcetypeid);
 	targettyptype = get_typtype(targettypeid);
 
@@ -1763,8 +1763,8 @@ DropCast(DropCastStmt *stmt)
 	ObjectAddress object;
 
 	/* when dropping a cast, the types must exist even if you use IF EXISTS */
-	sourcetypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->sourcetype, NULL);
-	targettypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->targettype, NULL);
+	sourcetypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->sourcetype, NULL, NULL);
+	targettypeid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->targettype, NULL, NULL);
 
 	tuple = SearchSysCache2(CASTSOURCETARGET,
 							ObjectIdGetDatum(sourcetypeid),
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
index 55d447e..47bf116 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ DefineOpClass(CreateOpClassStmt *stmt)
 				 errmsg("must be superuser to create an operator class")));
 
 	/* Look up the datatype */
-	typeoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->datatype, NULL);
+	typeoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->datatype, NULL, NULL);
 
 #ifdef NOT_USED
 	/* XXX this is unnecessary given the superuser check above */
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ DefineOpClass(CreateOpClassStmt *stmt)
 					ereport(ERROR,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_OBJECT_DEFINITION),
 						   errmsg("storage type specified more than once")));
-				storageoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, item->storedtype, NULL);
+				storageoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, item->storedtype, NULL, NULL);
 
 #ifdef NOT_USED
 				/* XXX this is unnecessary given the superuser check above */
@@ -1021,12 +1021,12 @@ processTypesSpec(List *args, Oid *lefttype, Oid *righttype)
 	Assert(args != NIL);
 
 	typeName = (TypeName *) linitial(args);
-	*lefttype = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, NULL);
+	*lefttype = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (list_length(args) > 1)
 	{
 		typeName = (TypeName *) lsecond(args);
-		*righttype = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, NULL);
+		*righttype = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, NULL, NULL);
 	}
 	else
 		*righttype = *lefttype;
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c
index 5db1d0d..a0e0360 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ DefineOperator(List *names, List *parameters)
 
 	/* Transform type names to type OIDs */
 	if (typeName1)
-		typeId1 = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName1, NULL);
+		typeId1 = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName1, NULL, NULL);
 	if (typeName2)
-		typeId2 = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName2, NULL);
+		typeId2 = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName2, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (!OidIsValid(typeId1) && !OidIsValid(typeId2))
 		ereport(ERROR,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/prepare.c b/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
index e765382..33ec289 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/prepare.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ PrepareQuery(PrepareStmt *stmt, const char *queryString)
 		foreach(l, stmt->argtypes)
 		{
 			TypeName   *tn = lfirst(l);
-			Oid			toid = typenameTypeId(pstate, tn, NULL);
+			Oid			toid = typenameTypeId(pstate, tn, NULL, NULL);
 
 			argtypes[i++] = toid;
 		}
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
index 5f6fe41..0cbb92f 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ DefineRelation(CreateStmt *stmt, char relkind)
 	(void) heap_reloptions(relkind, reloptions, true);
 
 	if (stmt->ofTypename)
-		ofTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->ofTypename, NULL);
+		ofTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, stmt->ofTypename, NULL, NULL);
 	else
 		ofTypeId = InvalidOid;
 
@@ -1367,6 +1367,7 @@ MergeAttributes(List *schema, List *supers, bool istemp,
 			{
 				Oid			defTypeId;
 				int32		deftypmod;
+				Oid			defCollId;
 
 				/*
 				 * Yes, try to merge the two column definitions. They must
@@ -1376,9 +1377,10 @@ MergeAttributes(List *schema, List *supers, bool istemp,
 						(errmsg("merging multiple inherited definitions of column \"%s\"",
 								attributeName)));
 				def = (ColumnDef *) list_nth(inhSchema, exist_attno - 1);
-				defTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, def->typeName, &deftypmod);
+				defTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, def->typeName, &deftypmod, &defCollId);
 				if (defTypeId != attribute->atttypid ||
-					deftypmod != attribute->atttypmod)
+					deftypmod != attribute->atttypmod ||
+					defCollId != attribute->attcollation /*TODO: separate msg for collation*/)
 					ereport(ERROR,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
 						errmsg("inherited column \"%s\" has a type conflict",
@@ -1539,6 +1541,8 @@ MergeAttributes(List *schema, List *supers, bool istemp,
 							newTypeId;
 				int32		deftypmod,
 							newtypmod;
+				Oid			defcollid,
+							newcollid;
 
 				/*
 				 * Yes, try to merge the two column definitions. They must
@@ -1548,9 +1552,9 @@ MergeAttributes(List *schema, List *supers, bool istemp,
 				   (errmsg("merging column \"%s\" with inherited definition",
 						   attributeName)));
 				def = (ColumnDef *) list_nth(inhSchema, exist_attno - 1);
-				defTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, def->typeName, &deftypmod);
-				newTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, newdef->typeName, &newtypmod);
-				if (defTypeId != newTypeId || deftypmod != newtypmod)
+				defTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, def->typeName, &deftypmod, &defcollid);
+				newTypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, newdef->typeName, &newtypmod, &newcollid);
+				if (defTypeId != newTypeId || deftypmod != newtypmod || defcollid != newcollid /*TODO*/)
 					ereport(ERROR,
 							(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
 							 errmsg("column \"%s\" has a type conflict",
@@ -3613,6 +3617,7 @@ ATExecAddColumn(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 	HeapTuple	typeTuple;
 	Oid			typeOid;
 	int32		typmod;
+	Oid			collOid;
 	Form_pg_type tform;
 	Expr	   *defval;
 
@@ -3638,11 +3643,13 @@ ATExecAddColumn(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 			Form_pg_attribute childatt = (Form_pg_attribute) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
 			Oid			ctypeId;
 			int32		ctypmod;
+			Oid			ccollid;
 
 			/* Child column must match by type */
-			ctypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, colDef->typeName, &ctypmod);
+			ctypeId = typenameTypeId(NULL, colDef->typeName, &ctypmod, &ccollid);
 			if (ctypeId != childatt->atttypid ||
-				ctypmod != childatt->atttypmod)
+				ctypmod != childatt->atttypmod ||
+				ccollid != childatt->attcollation /*TODO*/)
 				ereport(ERROR,
 						(errcode(ERRCODE_DATATYPE_MISMATCH),
 						 errmsg("child table \"%s\" has different type for column \"%s\"",
@@ -3704,7 +3711,7 @@ ATExecAddColumn(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 							MaxHeapAttributeNumber)));
 	}
 
-	typeTuple = typenameType(NULL, colDef->typeName, &typmod);
+	typeTuple = typenameType(NULL, colDef->typeName, &typmod, &collOid);
 	tform = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typeTuple);
 	typeOid = HeapTupleGetOid(typeTuple);
 
@@ -3729,6 +3736,7 @@ ATExecAddColumn(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 	attribute.attisdropped = false;
 	attribute.attislocal = colDef->is_local;
 	attribute.attinhcount = colDef->inhcount;
+	attribute.attcollation = collOid;
 	/* attribute.attacl is handled by InsertPgAttributeTuple */
 
 	ReleaseSysCache(typeTuple);
@@ -5784,6 +5792,7 @@ ATPrepAlterColumnType(List **wqueue,
 	AttrNumber	attnum;
 	Oid			targettype;
 	int32		targettypmod;
+	Oid			targetcollid;
 	Node	   *transform;
 	NewColumnValue *newval;
 	ParseState *pstate = make_parsestate(NULL);
@@ -5813,7 +5822,8 @@ ATPrepAlterColumnType(List **wqueue,
 						colName)));
 
 	/* Look up the target type */
-	targettype = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, &targettypmod);
+	targettype = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, &targettypmod, &targetcollid);
+	// TODO: check that type accepts collations if targetcollid is set
 
 	/* make sure datatype is legal for a column */
 	CheckAttributeType(colName, targettype, false);
@@ -5917,6 +5927,7 @@ ATExecAlterColumnType(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 	Form_pg_type tform;
 	Oid			targettype;
 	int32		targettypmod;
+	Oid			targetcollid;
 	Node	   *defaultexpr;
 	Relation	attrelation;
 	Relation	depRel;
@@ -5945,7 +5956,7 @@ ATExecAlterColumnType(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 						colName)));
 
 	/* Look up the target type (should not fail, since prep found it) */
-	typeTuple = typenameType(NULL, typeName, &targettypmod);
+	typeTuple = typenameType(NULL, typeName, &targettypmod, &targetcollid);
 	tform = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typeTuple);
 	targettype = HeapTupleGetOid(typeTuple);
 
@@ -6202,6 +6213,7 @@ ATExecAlterColumnType(AlteredTableInfo *tab, Relation rel,
 	 */
 	attTup->atttypid = targettype;
 	attTup->atttypmod = targettypmod;
+	attTup->attcollation = targetcollid;
 	attTup->attndims = list_length(typeName->arrayBounds);
 	attTup->attlen = tform->typlen;
 	attTup->attbyval = tform->typbyval;
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
index 1e14dca..a245985 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/typecmds.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ DefineType(List *names, List *parameters)
 		Type		likeType;
 		Form_pg_type likeForm;
 
-		likeType = typenameType(NULL, defGetTypeName(likeTypeEl), NULL);
+		likeType = typenameType(NULL, defGetTypeName(likeTypeEl), NULL, NULL);
 		likeForm = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(likeType);
 		internalLength = likeForm->typlen;
 		byValue = likeForm->typbyval;
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ DefineType(List *names, List *parameters)
 	}
 	if (elemTypeEl)
 	{
-		elemType = typenameTypeId(NULL, defGetTypeName(elemTypeEl), NULL);
+		elemType = typenameTypeId(NULL, defGetTypeName(elemTypeEl), NULL, NULL);
 		/* disallow arrays of pseudotypes */
 		if (get_typtype(elemType) == TYPTYPE_PSEUDO)
 			ereport(ERROR,
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ RemoveTypes(DropStmt *drop)
 		typename = makeTypeNameFromNameList(names);
 
 		/* Use LookupTypeName here so that shell types can be removed. */
-		tup = LookupTypeName(NULL, typename, NULL);
+		tup = LookupTypeName(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 		if (tup == NULL)
 		{
 			if (!drop->missing_ok)
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ DefineDomain(CreateDomainStmt *stmt)
 	/*
 	 * Look up the base type.
 	 */
-	typeTup = typenameType(NULL, stmt->typeName, &basetypeMod);
+	typeTup = typenameType(NULL, stmt->typeName, &basetypeMod, NULL); /* TODO: collation support for domains */
 	baseType = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typeTup);
 	basetypeoid = HeapTupleGetOid(typeTup);
 
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ AlterDomainDefault(List *names, Node *defaultRaw)
 
 	/* Make a TypeName so we can use standard type lookup machinery */
 	typename = makeTypeNameFromNameList(names);
-	domainoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL);
+	domainoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Look up the domain in the type table */
 	rel = heap_open(TypeRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ AlterDomainNotNull(List *names, bool notNull)
 
 	/* Make a TypeName so we can use standard type lookup machinery */
 	typename = makeTypeNameFromNameList(names);
-	domainoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL);
+	domainoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Look up the domain in the type table */
 	typrel = heap_open(TypeRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ AlterDomainDropConstraint(List *names, const char *constrName,
 
 	/* Make a TypeName so we can use standard type lookup machinery */
 	typename = makeTypeNameFromNameList(names);
-	domainoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL);
+	domainoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Look up the domain in the type table */
 	rel = heap_open(TypeRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ AlterDomainAddConstraint(List *names, Node *newConstraint)
 
 	/* Make a TypeName so we can use standard type lookup machinery */
 	typename = makeTypeNameFromNameList(names);
-	domainoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL);
+	domainoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Look up the domain in the type table */
 	typrel = heap_open(TypeRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ RenameType(List *names, const char *newTypeName)
 
 	/* Make a TypeName so we can use standard type lookup machinery */
 	typename = makeTypeNameFromNameList(names);
-	typeOid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL);
+	typeOid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Look up the type in the type table */
 	rel = heap_open(TypeRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ AlterTypeOwner(List *names, Oid newOwnerId)
 	typename = makeTypeNameFromNameList(names);
 
 	/* Use LookupTypeName here so that shell types can be processed */
-	tup = LookupTypeName(NULL, typename, NULL);
+	tup = LookupTypeName(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 	if (tup == NULL)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
@@ -2721,7 +2721,7 @@ AlterTypeNamespace(List *names, const char *newschema)
 
 	/* Make a TypeName so we can use standard type lookup machinery */
 	typename = makeTypeNameFromNameList(names);
-	typeOid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL);
+	typeOid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* check permissions on type */
 	if (!pg_type_ownercheck(typeOid, GetUserId()))
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
index 93dcef5..0213cdd 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ _copyVar(Var *from)
 	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(varlevelsup);
 	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(varnoold);
 	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(varoattno);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(varcollid);
 	COPY_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	return newnode;
@@ -1105,6 +1106,7 @@ _copyFuncExpr(FuncExpr *from)
 	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(funcretset);
 	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(funcformat);
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(args);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(collid);
 	COPY_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	return newnode;
@@ -1139,6 +1141,7 @@ _copyOpExpr(OpExpr *from)
 	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(opresulttype);
 	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(opretset);
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(args);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(collid);
 	COPY_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	return newnode;
@@ -2070,6 +2073,8 @@ _copyTypeName(TypeName *from)
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(typmods);
 	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(typemod);
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(arrayBounds);
+	COPY_NODE_FIELD(collnames);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(collOid);
 	COPY_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	return newnode;
@@ -2141,6 +2146,19 @@ _copyTypeCast(TypeCast *from)
 	return newnode;
 }
 
+static CollateClause *
+_copyCollateClause(CollateClause *from)
+{
+	CollateClause   *newnode = makeNode(CollateClause);
+
+	COPY_NODE_FIELD(arg);
+	COPY_NODE_FIELD(collnames);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(collOid);
+	COPY_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+
+	return newnode;
+}
+
 static IndexElem *
 _copyIndexElem(IndexElem *from)
 {
@@ -4204,6 +4222,9 @@ copyObject(void *from)
 		case T_TypeCast:
 			retval = _copyTypeCast(from);
 			break;
+		case T_CollateClause:
+			retval = _copyCollateClause(from);
+			break;
 		case T_SortBy:
 			retval = _copySortBy(from);
 			break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
index 5d83727..1b986fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ _equalVar(Var *a, Var *b)
 	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(varlevelsup);
 	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(varnoold);
 	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(varoattno);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(varcollid);
 	COMPARE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	return true;
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ _equalFuncExpr(FuncExpr *a, FuncExpr *b)
 		return false;
 
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(args);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(collid);
 	COMPARE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	return true;
@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@ _equalOpExpr(OpExpr *a, OpExpr *b)
 	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(opresulttype);
 	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(opretset);
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(args);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(collid);
 	COMPARE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	return true;
@@ -2023,6 +2026,8 @@ _equalTypeName(TypeName *a, TypeName *b)
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(typmods);
 	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(typemod);
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(arrayBounds);
+	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(collnames);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(collOid);
 	COMPARE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	return true;
@@ -2039,6 +2044,17 @@ _equalTypeCast(TypeCast *a, TypeCast *b)
 }
 
 static bool
+_equalCollateClause(CollateClause *a, CollateClause *b)
+{
+	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(arg);
+	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(collnames);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(collOid);
+	COMPARE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool
 _equalSortBy(SortBy *a, SortBy *b)
 {
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(node);
@@ -2871,6 +2887,9 @@ equal(void *a, void *b)
 		case T_TypeCast:
 			retval = _equalTypeCast(a, b);
 			break;
+		case T_CollateClause:
+			retval = _equalCollateClause(a, b);
+			break;
 		case T_SortBy:
 			retval = _equalSortBy(a, b);
 			break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c
index 9cf0cae..a41fc41 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/nodeFuncs.c
@@ -460,6 +460,39 @@ exprTypmod(Node *expr)
 }
 
 /*
+ *	exprColl -
+ *	  returns the Oid of the collation of the expression's result.
+ */
+Oid
+exprColl(Node *expr)
+{
+	Oid			coll;
+
+	if (!expr)
+		return InvalidOid;
+
+	switch (nodeTag(expr))
+	{
+		case T_Var:
+			coll = ((Var *) expr)->varcollid;
+			break;
+		case T_FuncExpr:
+			coll = ((FuncExpr *) expr)->collid;
+			break;
+		case T_OpExpr:
+			coll = ((OpExpr *) expr)->collid;
+			break;
+		case T_DistinctExpr:
+			coll = ((DistinctExpr *) expr)->collid;
+			break;
+		default:
+			coll = InvalidOid;	// TODO
+			break;
+	}
+	return coll;
+}
+
+/*
  * exprIsLengthCoercion
  *		Detect whether an expression tree is an application of a datatype's
  *		typmod-coercion function.  Optionally extract the result's typmod.
@@ -908,6 +941,9 @@ exprLocation(Node *expr)
 				loc = leftmostLoc(loc, tc->location);
 			}
 			break;
+		case T_CollateClause:
+			loc = ((CollateClause *) expr)->location;
+			break;
 		case T_SortBy:
 			/* just use argument's location (ignore operator, if any) */
 			loc = exprLocation(((SortBy *) expr)->node);
@@ -2471,6 +2507,8 @@ bool
 					return true;
 			}
 			break;
+		case T_CollateClause:
+			return walker(((CollateClause *) node)->arg, context);
 		case T_SortBy:
 			return walker(((SortBy *) node)->node, context);
 		case T_WindowDef:
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
index 79baf4f..74ff920 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ _outVar(StringInfo str, Var *node)
 	WRITE_UINT_FIELD(varlevelsup);
 	WRITE_UINT_FIELD(varnoold);
 	WRITE_INT_FIELD(varoattno);
+	WRITE_OID_FIELD(varcollid);
 	WRITE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 }
 
@@ -928,6 +929,7 @@ _outFuncExpr(StringInfo str, FuncExpr *node)
 	WRITE_BOOL_FIELD(funcretset);
 	WRITE_ENUM_FIELD(funcformat, CoercionForm);
 	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(args);
+	WRITE_OID_FIELD(collid);
 	WRITE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 }
 
@@ -952,6 +954,7 @@ _outOpExpr(StringInfo str, OpExpr *node)
 	WRITE_OID_FIELD(opresulttype);
 	WRITE_BOOL_FIELD(opretset);
 	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(args);
+	WRITE_OID_FIELD(collid);
 	WRITE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 }
 
@@ -1937,6 +1940,8 @@ _outTypeName(StringInfo str, TypeName *node)
 	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(typmods);
 	WRITE_INT_FIELD(typemod);
 	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(arrayBounds);
+	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(collnames);
+	WRITE_OID_FIELD(collOid);
 	WRITE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 }
 
@@ -1951,6 +1956,17 @@ _outTypeCast(StringInfo str, TypeCast *node)
 }
 
 static void
+_outCollateClause(StringInfo str, CollateClause *node)
+{
+	WRITE_NODE_TYPE("COLLATE");
+
+	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(arg);
+	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(collnames);
+	WRITE_OID_FIELD(collOid);
+	WRITE_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
+}
+
+static void
 _outIndexElem(StringInfo str, IndexElem *node)
 {
 	WRITE_NODE_TYPE("INDEXELEM");
@@ -2823,6 +2839,9 @@ _outNode(StringInfo str, void *obj)
 			case T_TypeCast:
 				_outTypeCast(str, obj);
 				break;
+			case T_CollateClause:
+				_outCollateClause(str, obj);
+				break;
 			case T_IndexElem:
 				_outIndexElem(str, obj);
 				break;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
index bc6e2a6..d520392 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ _readVar(void)
 	READ_UINT_FIELD(varlevelsup);
 	READ_UINT_FIELD(varnoold);
 	READ_INT_FIELD(varoattno);
+	READ_OID_FIELD(varcollid);
 	READ_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	READ_DONE();
@@ -524,6 +525,7 @@ _readFuncExpr(void)
 	READ_BOOL_FIELD(funcretset);
 	READ_ENUM_FIELD(funcformat, CoercionForm);
 	READ_NODE_FIELD(args);
+	READ_OID_FIELD(collid);
 	READ_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	READ_DONE();
@@ -569,6 +571,7 @@ _readOpExpr(void)
 	READ_OID_FIELD(opresulttype);
 	READ_BOOL_FIELD(opretset);
 	READ_NODE_FIELD(args);
+	READ_OID_FIELD(collid);
 	READ_LOCATION_FIELD(location);
 
 	READ_DONE();
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
index e525ba6..5e3d50d 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
@@ -2173,6 +2173,7 @@ eval_const_expressions_mutator(Node *node,
 		newexpr->funcretset = expr->funcretset;
 		newexpr->funcformat = expr->funcformat;
 		newexpr->args = args;
+		newexpr->collid = expr->collid;
 		newexpr->location = expr->location;
 		return (Node *) newexpr;
 	}
@@ -2233,6 +2234,7 @@ eval_const_expressions_mutator(Node *node,
 		newexpr->opresulttype = expr->opresulttype;
 		newexpr->opretset = expr->opretset;
 		newexpr->args = args;
+		newexpr->collid = expr->collid;
 		newexpr->location = expr->location;
 		return (Node *) newexpr;
 	}
@@ -2325,6 +2327,7 @@ eval_const_expressions_mutator(Node *node,
 		newexpr->opresulttype = expr->opresulttype;
 		newexpr->opretset = expr->opretset;
 		newexpr->args = args;
+		newexpr->collid = expr->collid;
 		newexpr->location = expr->location;
 		return (Node *) newexpr;
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 3f6eeeb..ee1d786 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ static TypeName *TableFuncTypeName(List *columns);
 %type <list>	copy_generic_opt_list copy_generic_opt_arg_list
 %type <list>	copy_options
 
-%type <typnam>	Typename SimpleTypename ConstTypename
+%type <typnam>	Typename SimpleTypename SimpleTypenameWithoutCollation
+				ConstTypename
 				GenericType Numeric opt_float
 				Character ConstCharacter
 				CharacterWithLength CharacterWithoutLength
@@ -8258,6 +8259,14 @@ opt_array_bounds:
 		;
 
 SimpleTypename:
+			SimpleTypenameWithoutCollation { $$ = $1; }
+			| SimpleTypenameWithoutCollation COLLATE any_name
+			{
+				$$ = $1;
+				$$->collnames = $3;
+			}
+
+SimpleTypenameWithoutCollation:
 			GenericType								{ $$ = $1; }
 			| Numeric								{ $$ = $1; }
 			| Bit									{ $$ = $1; }
@@ -9293,6 +9302,13 @@ c_expr:		columnref								{ $$ = $1; }
 					r->location = @1;
 					$$ = (Node *)r;
 				}
+			| '(' a_expr ')' COLLATE any_name // TODO: this is not the right expression syntax
+				{
+					CollateClause *n = makeNode(CollateClause);
+					n->arg = $2;
+					n->collnames = $5;
+					$$ = (Node *)n;
+				}
 		;
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
index 888b526..714c71f 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static Node *transformWholeRowRef(ParseState *pstate, RangeTblEntry *rte,
 static Node *transformIndirection(ParseState *pstate, Node *basenode,
 					 List *indirection);
 static Node *transformTypeCast(ParseState *pstate, TypeCast *tc);
+static Node *transformCollateClause(ParseState *pstate, CollateClause *c);
 static Node *make_row_comparison_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname,
 					   List *largs, List *rargs, int location);
 static Node *make_row_distinct_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname,
@@ -164,7 +165,8 @@ transformExpr(ParseState *pstate, Node *expr)
 					int32		targetTypmod;
 
 					targetType = typenameTypeId(pstate, tc->typeName,
-												&targetTypmod);
+												&targetTypmod,
+												NULL); /* TODO: support or prohibit collations in type casts */
 					elementType = get_element_type(targetType);
 					if (OidIsValid(elementType))
 					{
@@ -191,6 +193,10 @@ transformExpr(ParseState *pstate, Node *expr)
 				break;
 			}
 
+		case T_CollateClause:
+			result = transformCollateClause(pstate, (CollateClause *) expr);
+			break;
+
 		case T_A_Expr:
 			{
 				A_Expr	   *a = (A_Expr *) expr;
@@ -1037,7 +1043,7 @@ transformAExprOf(ParseState *pstate, A_Expr *a)
 	ltype = exprType(lexpr);
 	foreach(telem, (List *) a->rexpr)
 	{
-		rtype = typenameTypeId(pstate, lfirst(telem), NULL);
+		rtype = typenameTypeId(pstate, lfirst(telem), NULL, NULL);
 		matched = (rtype == ltype);
 		if (matched)
 			break;
@@ -1977,7 +1983,7 @@ transformXmlSerialize(ParseState *pstate, XmlSerialize *xs)
 													 XMLOID,
 													 "XMLSERIALIZE"));
 
-	targetType = typenameTypeId(pstate, xs->typeName, &targetTypmod);
+	targetType = typenameTypeId(pstate, xs->typeName, &targetTypmod, NULL);
 
 	xexpr->xmloption = xs->xmloption;
 	xexpr->location = xs->location;
@@ -2212,7 +2218,7 @@ transformTypeCast(ParseState *pstate, TypeCast *tc)
 	int32		targetTypmod;
 	int			location;
 
-	targetType = typenameTypeId(pstate, tc->typeName, &targetTypmod);
+	targetType = typenameTypeId(pstate, tc->typeName, &targetTypmod, NULL); /* TODO: support or prohibit collations in type casts */
 
 	if (inputType == InvalidOid)
 		return expr;			/* do nothing if NULL input */
@@ -2243,6 +2249,25 @@ transformTypeCast(ParseState *pstate, TypeCast *tc)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Handle an explicit COLLATE clause.
+ *
+ * Transform the argument, and look up the collation name.
+ */
+static Node *
+transformCollateClause(ParseState *pstate, CollateClause *c)
+{
+	CollateClause *newc;
+
+	newc = makeNode(CollateClause);
+	newc->arg = transformExpr(pstate, c->arg);
+	// TODO: check that input type accepts collations
+	newc->collOid = LookupCollation(pstate, c->collnames, c->location);
+	newc->collnames = c->collnames;
+
+	return (Node *) newc;
+}
+
+/*
  * Transform a "row compare-op row" construct
  *
  * The inputs are lists of already-transformed expressions.
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
index 9580be9..25fdf95 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ FuncNameAsType(List *funcname)
 	Oid			result;
 	Type		typtup;
 
-	typtup = LookupTypeName(NULL, makeTypeNameFromNameList(funcname), NULL);
+	typtup = LookupTypeName(NULL, makeTypeNameFromNameList(funcname), NULL, NULL);
 	if (typtup == NULL)
 		return InvalidOid;
 
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ LookupTypeNameOid(const TypeName *typename)
 	Oid			result;
 	Type		typtup;
 
-	typtup = LookupTypeName(NULL, typename, NULL);
+	typtup = LookupTypeName(NULL, typename, NULL, NULL);
 	if (typtup == NULL)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
index a838b1e..cbc8f80 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_node.c
@@ -188,10 +188,12 @@ make_var(ParseState *pstate, RangeTblEntry *rte, int attrno, int location)
 				sublevels_up;
 	Oid			vartypeid;
 	int32		type_mod;
+	Oid			varcollid;
 
 	vnum = RTERangeTablePosn(pstate, rte, &sublevels_up);
-	get_rte_attribute_type(rte, attrno, &vartypeid, &type_mod);
+	get_rte_attribute_type(rte, attrno, &vartypeid, &type_mod, &varcollid);
 	result = makeVar(vnum, attrno, vartypeid, type_mod, sublevels_up);
+	result->varcollid = varcollid;
 	result->location = location;
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c
index 5798136..cb287cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_oper.c
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ LookupOperNameTypeNames(ParseState *pstate, List *opername,
 	if (oprleft == NULL)
 		leftoid = InvalidOid;
 	else
-		leftoid = typenameTypeId(pstate, oprleft, NULL);
+		leftoid = typenameTypeId(pstate, oprleft, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (oprright == NULL)
 		rightoid = InvalidOid;
 	else
-		rightoid = typenameTypeId(pstate, oprright, NULL);
+		rightoid = typenameTypeId(pstate, oprright, NULL, NULL);
 
 	return LookupOperName(pstate, opername, leftoid, rightoid,
 						  noError, location);
@@ -779,6 +779,9 @@ make_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree,
 	List	   *args;
 	Oid			rettype;
 	OpExpr	   *result;
+	Oid			lcollid,
+				rcollid;
+	Oid			opcollid;
 
 	/* Select the operator */
 	if (rtree == NULL)
@@ -786,6 +789,8 @@ make_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree,
 		/* right operator */
 		ltypeId = exprType(ltree);
 		rtypeId = InvalidOid;
+		lcollid = exprColl(ltree);
+		rcollid = InvalidOid;
 		tup = right_oper(pstate, opname, ltypeId, false, location);
 	}
 	else if (ltree == NULL)
@@ -793,6 +798,8 @@ make_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree,
 		/* left operator */
 		rtypeId = exprType(rtree);
 		ltypeId = InvalidOid;
+		lcollid = InvalidOid;
+		rcollid = exprColl(rtree);
 		tup = left_oper(pstate, opname, rtypeId, false, location);
 	}
 	else
@@ -800,6 +807,8 @@ make_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree,
 		/* otherwise, binary operator */
 		ltypeId = exprType(ltree);
 		rtypeId = exprType(rtree);
+		lcollid = exprColl(ltree);
+		rcollid = exprColl(rtree);
 		tup = oper(pstate, opname, ltypeId, rtypeId, false, location);
 	}
 
@@ -824,6 +833,7 @@ make_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree,
 		actual_arg_types[0] = ltypeId;
 		declared_arg_types[0] = opform->oprleft;
 		nargs = 1;
+		opcollid = lcollid;
 	}
 	else if (ltree == NULL)
 	{
@@ -832,6 +842,7 @@ make_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree,
 		actual_arg_types[0] = rtypeId;
 		declared_arg_types[0] = opform->oprright;
 		nargs = 1;
+		opcollid = rcollid;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -842,6 +853,18 @@ make_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree,
 		declared_arg_types[0] = opform->oprleft;
 		declared_arg_types[1] = opform->oprright;
 		nargs = 2;
+		// TODO: collation derivation logic per SQL standard goes somewhere here
+		if (lcollid == rcollid)
+			opcollid = lcollid;
+		else if (lcollid == InvalidOid)
+			opcollid = rcollid;
+		else if (rcollid == InvalidOid)
+			opcollid = lcollid;
+		else
+		{
+			elog(ERROR, "collation mismatch: left %u != right %u", lcollid, rcollid);
+			opcollid = InvalidOid;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -865,6 +888,7 @@ make_op(ParseState *pstate, List *opname, Node *ltree, Node *rtree,
 	result->opresulttype = rettype;
 	result->opretset = get_func_retset(opform->oprcode);
 	result->args = args;
+	result->collid = opcollid;
 	result->location = location;
 
 	ReleaseSysCache(tup);
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
index 38c7e91..a189b5b 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ addRangeTableEntryForFunction(ParseState *pstate,
 						 errmsg("column \"%s\" cannot be declared SETOF",
 								attrname),
 						 parser_errposition(pstate, n->typeName->location)));
-			attrtype = typenameTypeId(pstate, n->typeName, &attrtypmod);
+			attrtype = typenameTypeId(pstate, n->typeName, &attrtypmod, NULL /*TODO*/);
 			eref->colnames = lappend(eref->colnames, makeString(attrname));
 			rte->funccoltypes = lappend_oid(rte->funccoltypes, attrtype);
 			rte->funccoltypmods = lappend_int(rte->funccoltypmods, attrtypmod);
@@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_name(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum)
  */
 void
 get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
-					   Oid *vartype, int32 *vartypmod)
+					   Oid *vartype, int32 *vartypmod, Oid *varcollid)
 {
 	switch (rte->rtekind)
 	{
@@ -1998,6 +1998,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
 						   get_rel_name(rte->relid))));
 				*vartype = att_tup->atttypid;
 				*vartypmod = att_tup->atttypmod;
+				*varcollid = att_tup->attcollation;
 				ReleaseSysCache(tp);
 			}
 			break;
@@ -2012,6 +2013,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
 						 rte->eref->aliasname, attnum);
 				*vartype = exprType((Node *) te->expr);
 				*vartypmod = exprTypmod((Node *) te->expr);
+				*varcollid = exprColl((Node *) te->expr);
 			}
 			break;
 		case RTE_FUNCTION:
@@ -2053,17 +2055,20 @@ get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
 										rte->eref->aliasname)));
 					*vartype = att_tup->atttypid;
 					*vartypmod = att_tup->atttypmod;
+					*varcollid = att_tup->attcollation;
 				}
 				else if (functypclass == TYPEFUNC_SCALAR)
 				{
 					/* Base data type, i.e. scalar */
 					*vartype = funcrettype;
 					*vartypmod = -1;
+					*varcollid = InvalidOid; // XXX?
 				}
 				else if (functypclass == TYPEFUNC_RECORD)
 				{
 					*vartype = list_nth_oid(rte->funccoltypes, attnum - 1);
 					*vartypmod = list_nth_int(rte->funccoltypmods, attnum - 1);
+					*varcollid = InvalidOid; // TODO
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -2084,6 +2089,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
 				col = (Node *) list_nth(collist, attnum - 1);
 				*vartype = exprType(col);
 				*vartypmod = exprTypmod(col);
+				*varcollid = exprColl(col);
 			}
 			break;
 		case RTE_JOIN:
@@ -2097,6 +2103,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
 				aliasvar = (Node *) list_nth(rte->joinaliasvars, attnum - 1);
 				*vartype = exprType(aliasvar);
 				*vartypmod = exprTypmod(aliasvar);
+				*varcollid = exprColl(aliasvar);
 			}
 			break;
 		case RTE_CTE:
@@ -2105,6 +2112,7 @@ get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
 				Assert(attnum > 0 && attnum <= list_length(rte->ctecoltypes));
 				*vartype = list_nth_oid(rte->ctecoltypes, attnum - 1);
 				*vartypmod = list_nth_int(rte->ctecoltypmods, attnum - 1);
+				*varcollid = InvalidOid; // TODO
 			}
 			break;
 		default:
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
index 8d0932b..7205738 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_type.c
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_collation.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "lib/stringinfo.h"
+#include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
 #include "parser/parser.h"
 #include "parser/parse_type.h"
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@
 
 static int32 typenameTypeMod(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
 				Type typ);
+static Oid typenameCollation(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
+				Type typ);
 
 
 /*
@@ -36,7 +40,8 @@ static int32 typenameTypeMod(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
  *		Given a TypeName object, lookup the pg_type syscache entry of the type.
  *		Returns NULL if no such type can be found.	If the type is found,
  *		the typmod value represented in the TypeName struct is computed and
- *		stored into *typmod_p.
+ *		stored into *typmod_p, and the collation is looked up and stored into
+ *      *colloid_p.
  *
  * NB: on success, the caller must ReleaseSysCache the type tuple when done
  * with it.
@@ -51,15 +56,18 @@ static int32 typenameTypeMod(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
  * found but is a shell, and there is typmod decoration, an error will be
  * thrown --- this is intentional.
  *
+ * colloid_p can also be null.
+ *
  * pstate is only used for error location info, and may be NULL.
  */
 Type
 LookupTypeName(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
-			   int32 *typmod_p)
+			   int32 *typmod_p, Oid *colloid_p)
 {
 	Oid			typoid;
 	HeapTuple	tup;
 	int32		typmod;
+	Oid			colloid;
 
 	if (typeName->names == NIL)
 	{
@@ -174,6 +182,11 @@ LookupTypeName(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
 	if (typmod_p)
 		*typmod_p = typmod;
 
+	colloid = typenameCollation(pstate, typeName, (Type) tup);
+
+	if (colloid_p)
+		*colloid_p = colloid;
+
 	return (Type) tup;
 }
 
@@ -185,11 +198,11 @@ LookupTypeName(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
  * Callers of this can therefore assume the result is a fully valid type.
  */
 Type
-typenameType(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName, int32 *typmod_p)
+typenameType(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName, int32 *typmod_p, Oid *colloid_p)
 {
 	Type		tup;
 
-	tup = LookupTypeName(pstate, typeName, typmod_p);
+	tup = LookupTypeName(pstate, typeName, typmod_p, colloid_p);
 	if (tup == NULL)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
@@ -212,12 +225,12 @@ typenameType(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName, int32 *typmod_p)
  * not the syscache entry.
  */
 Oid
-typenameTypeId(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName, int32 *typmod_p)
+typenameTypeId(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName, int32 *typmod_p, Oid *colloid_p)
 {
 	Oid			typoid;
 	Type		tup;
 
-	tup = typenameType(pstate, typeName, typmod_p);
+	tup = typenameType(pstate, typeName, typmod_p, colloid_p);
 	typoid = HeapTupleGetOid(tup);
 	ReleaseSysCache(tup);
 
@@ -334,6 +347,63 @@ typenameTypeMod(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName, Type typ)
 }
 
 /*
+ * typenameCollation - given a TypeName, return the collation OID
+ *
+ * This will throw an error if the TypeName includes a collation but
+ * the data type does not support collations.
+ *
+ * The actual type OID represented by the TypeName must already have been
+ * looked up, and is passed as "typ".
+ *
+ * pstate is only used for error location info, and may be NULL.
+ */
+static Oid
+typenameCollation(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName, Type typ)
+{
+	/* return prespecified collation OID if no collation name specified */
+	if (typeName->collnames == NIL)
+		return typeName->collOid;
+
+	if (!((Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typ))->typcollatable)
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+				 errmsg("collations are not supported by type \"%s\"",
+						TypeNameToString(typeName)),
+				 parser_errposition(pstate, typeName->location)));
+
+	return LookupCollation(pstate, typeName->collnames, typeName->location);
+}
+
+Oid
+LookupCollation(ParseState *pstate, List *collnames, int location)
+{
+	Oid			colloid;
+	HeapTuple	tup;
+
+	colloid = FindCollationByName(collnames);
+	if (!OidIsValid(colloid))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_OBJECT),
+				 errmsg("collation \"%s\" does not exist",
+						NameListToString(collnames))));
+
+	tup = SearchSysCache1(COLLOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(colloid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tup))
+		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for collation %u", colloid);
+
+	if (((Form_pg_collation) GETSTRUCT(tup))->collencoding != GetDatabaseEncoding())
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+				 errmsg("collation \"%s\" is not applicable to current database encoding \"%s\"",
+						NameListToString(collnames), GetDatabaseEncodingName()),
+				 parser_errposition(pstate, location)));
+
+	ReleaseSysCache(tup);
+
+	return colloid;
+}
+
+/*
  * appendTypeNameToBuffer
  *		Append a string representing the name of a TypeName to a StringInfo.
  *		This is the shared guts of TypeNameToString and TypeNameListToString.
@@ -635,7 +705,7 @@ parseTypeString(const char *str, Oid *type_id, int32 *typmod_p)
 	if (typeName->setof)
 		goto fail;
 
-	*type_id = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, typmod_p);
+	*type_id = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, typmod_p, NULL);
 
 	pfree(buf.data);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
index 90d5c76..7a1d616 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ transformOfType(ParseState *pstate, CreateStmtContext *cxt, TypeName *ofTypename
 
 	AssertArg(ofTypename);
 
-	tuple = typenameType(NULL, ofTypename, NULL);
+	tuple = typenameType(NULL, ofTypename, NULL, NULL);
 	typ = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
 	ofTypeId = HeapTupleGetOid(tuple);
 	ofTypename->typeOid = ofTypeId;		/* cached for later */
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ transformColumnType(ParseState *pstate, ColumnDef *column)
 	/*
 	 * All we really need to do here is verify that the type is valid.
 	 */
-	Type		ctype = typenameType(pstate, column->typeName, NULL);
+	Type		ctype = typenameType(pstate, column->typeName, NULL, NULL);
 
 	ReleaseSysCache(ctype);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
index fc3c5b0..bfb062e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
@@ -5480,11 +5480,11 @@ make_greater_string(const Const *str_const, FmgrInfo *ltproc)
 				char	   *best;
 
 				best = "Z";
-				if (varstr_cmp(best, 1, "z", 1) < 0)
+				if (varstr_cmp(best, 1, "z", 1, InvalidOid) < 0)
 					best = "z";
-				if (varstr_cmp(best, 1, "y", 1) < 0)
+				if (varstr_cmp(best, 1, "y", 1, InvalidOid) < 0)
 					best = "y";
-				if (varstr_cmp(best, 1, "9", 1) < 0)
+				if (varstr_cmp(best, 1, "9", 1, InvalidOid) < 0)
 					best = "9";
 				suffixchar = *best;
 			}
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c
index cbc08f7..4bec7af 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c
@@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ bpcharlt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	len1 = bcTruelen(arg1);
 	len2 = bcTruelen(arg2);
 
-	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2);
+	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2,
+					 PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -757,7 +758,8 @@ bpcharle(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	len1 = bcTruelen(arg1);
 	len2 = bcTruelen(arg2);
 
-	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2);
+	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2,
+					 PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -777,7 +779,8 @@ bpchargt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	len1 = bcTruelen(arg1);
 	len2 = bcTruelen(arg2);
 
-	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2);
+	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2,
+					 PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -797,7 +800,8 @@ bpcharge(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	len1 = bcTruelen(arg1);
 	len2 = bcTruelen(arg2);
 
-	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2);
+	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2,
+					 PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -817,7 +821,8 @@ bpcharcmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	len1 = bcTruelen(arg1);
 	len2 = bcTruelen(arg2);
 
-	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2);
+	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2,
+					 PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -837,7 +842,8 @@ bpchar_larger(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	len1 = bcTruelen(arg1);
 	len2 = bcTruelen(arg2);
 
-	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2);
+	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2,
+					 PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_RETURN_BPCHAR_P((cmp >= 0) ? arg1 : arg2);
 }
@@ -854,7 +860,8 @@ bpchar_smaller(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	len1 = bcTruelen(arg1);
 	len2 = bcTruelen(arg2);
 
-	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2);
+	cmp = varstr_cmp(VARDATA_ANY(arg1), len1, VARDATA_ANY(arg2), len2,
+					 PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_RETURN_BPCHAR_P((cmp <= 0) ? arg1 : arg2);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
index af28c15..05fadb0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 #include "postgres.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <xlocale.h>
 
 #include "access/tuptoaster.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_collation.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_type.h"
 #include "libpq/md5.h"
 #include "libpq/pqformat.h"
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/bytea.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/pg_locale.h"
 
 
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ typedef struct
 #define PG_GETARG_UNKNOWN_P_COPY(n) DatumGetUnknownPCopy(PG_GETARG_DATUM(n))
 #define PG_RETURN_UNKNOWN_P(x)		PG_RETURN_POINTER(x)
 
-static int	text_cmp(text *arg1, text *arg2);
+static int	text_cmp(text *arg1, text *arg2, Oid collid);
 static int32 text_length(Datum str);
 static int	text_position(text *t1, text *t2);
 static void text_position_setup(text *t1, text *t2, TextPositionState *state);
@@ -1267,7 +1270,7 @@ text_position_cleanup(TextPositionState *state)
  * whether arg1 is less than, equal to, or greater than arg2.
  */
 int
-varstr_cmp(char *arg1, int len1, char *arg2, int len2)
+varstr_cmp(char *arg1, int len1, char *arg2, int len2, Oid collid)
 {
 	int			result;
 
@@ -1277,7 +1280,7 @@ varstr_cmp(char *arg1, int len1, char *arg2, int len2)
 	 * slower, so we optimize the case where LC_COLLATE is C.  We also try to
 	 * optimize relatively-short strings by avoiding palloc/pfree overhead.
 	 */
-	if (lc_collate_is_c())
+	if (lc_collate_is_c() && !collid)
 	{
 		result = strncmp(arg1, arg2, Min(len1, len2));
 		if ((result == 0) && (len1 != len2))
@@ -1391,7 +1394,29 @@ varstr_cmp(char *arg1, int len1, char *arg2, int len2)
 		memcpy(a2p, arg2, len2);
 		a2p[len2] = '\0';
 
-		result = strcoll(a1p, a2p);
+		if (!collid)
+			result = strcoll(a1p, a2p);
+		else
+		{
+			locale_t mylocale;
+			HeapTuple htup;
+			const char *lc_collate;
+
+			htup = SearchSysCache1(COLLOID, collid);
+			if (!HeapTupleIsValid(htup))
+				elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for collation %u", collid);
+
+			lc_collate = NameStr(((Form_pg_collation) GETSTRUCT(htup))->collcollate);
+
+			/* TODO: cache locale lookups */
+			mylocale = newlocale(LC_COLLATE_MASK, lc_collate, NULL);
+			if (!mylocale)
+				elog(ERROR, "could not create locale \"%s\"", lc_collate);
+			result = strcoll_l(a1p, a2p, mylocale);
+			freelocale(mylocale);
+
+			ReleaseSysCache(htup);
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * In some locales strcoll() can claim that nonidentical strings are
@@ -1417,7 +1442,7 @@ varstr_cmp(char *arg1, int len1, char *arg2, int len2)
  * Returns -1, 0 or 1
  */
 static int
-text_cmp(text *arg1, text *arg2)
+text_cmp(text *arg1, text *arg2, Oid collid)
 {
 	char	   *a1p,
 			   *a2p;
@@ -1430,7 +1455,7 @@ text_cmp(text *arg1, text *arg2)
 	len1 = VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(arg1);
 	len2 = VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(arg2);
 
-	return varstr_cmp(a1p, len1, a2p, len2);
+	return varstr_cmp(a1p, len1, a2p, len2, collid);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1494,7 +1519,7 @@ text_lt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *arg2 = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	bool		result;
 
-	result = (text_cmp(arg1, arg2) < 0);
+	result = (text_cmp(arg1, arg2, PG_GET_COLLATION()) < 0);
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -1509,7 +1534,7 @@ text_le(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *arg2 = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	bool		result;
 
-	result = (text_cmp(arg1, arg2) <= 0);
+	result = (text_cmp(arg1, arg2, PG_GET_COLLATION()) <= 0);
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -1524,7 +1549,7 @@ text_gt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *arg2 = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	bool		result;
 
-	result = (text_cmp(arg1, arg2) > 0);
+	result = (text_cmp(arg1, arg2, PG_GET_COLLATION()) > 0);
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -1539,7 +1564,7 @@ text_ge(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *arg2 = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	bool		result;
 
-	result = (text_cmp(arg1, arg2) >= 0);
+	result = (text_cmp(arg1, arg2, PG_GET_COLLATION()) >= 0);
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -1554,7 +1579,7 @@ bttextcmp(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *arg2 = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	int32		result;
 
-	result = text_cmp(arg1, arg2);
+	result = text_cmp(arg1, arg2, PG_GET_COLLATION());
 
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg1, 0);
 	PG_FREE_IF_COPY(arg2, 1);
@@ -1570,7 +1595,7 @@ text_larger(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *arg2 = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	text	   *result;
 
-	result = ((text_cmp(arg1, arg2) > 0) ? arg1 : arg2);
+	result = ((text_cmp(arg1, arg2, PG_GET_COLLATION()) > 0) ? arg1 : arg2);
 
 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
 }
@@ -1582,7 +1607,7 @@ text_smaller(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	text	   *arg2 = PG_GETARG_TEXT_PP(1);
 	text	   *result;
 
-	result = ((text_cmp(arg1, arg2) < 0) ? arg1 : arg2);
+	result = ((text_cmp(arg1, arg2, PG_GET_COLLATION()) < 0) ? arg1 : arg2);
 
 	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(result);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c b/src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c
index 61b06ac..8307beb 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/cache/syscache.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "catalog/pg_auth_members.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_authid.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_cast.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_collation.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_constraint.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_conversion.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_database.h"
@@ -266,6 +267,28 @@ static const struct cachedesc cacheinfo[] = {
 		},
 		64
 	},
+	{CollationRelationId,		/* COLLNAMENSP */
+		CollationNameNspIndexId,
+		2,
+		{
+			Anum_pg_collation_collname,
+			Anum_pg_collation_collnamespace,
+			0,
+			0
+		},
+		128
+	},
+	{CollationRelationId,		/* COLLOID */
+		CollationOidIndexId,
+		1,
+		{
+			ObjectIdAttributeNumber,
+			0,
+			0,
+			0
+		},
+		128
+	},
 	{ConversionRelationId,		/* CONDEFAULT */
 		ConversionDefaultIndexId,
 		4,
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/fmgr/fmgr.c b/src/backend/utils/fmgr/fmgr.c
index c3c0440..07479b6 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/fmgr/fmgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/fmgr/fmgr.c
@@ -2403,3 +2403,13 @@ get_call_expr_arg_stable(Node *expr, int argnum)
 
 	return false;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Wrapper around exprColl() so that fmgr.h doesn't have to include
+ * the world.
+ */
+Oid
+get_call_collation(Node *expr)
+{
+	return exprColl(expr);
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index e839639..62f2480 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -5573,7 +5573,7 @@ flatten_set_variable_args(const char *name, List *args)
 					Datum		interval;
 					char	   *intervalout;
 
-					typoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, &typmod);
+					typoid = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName, &typmod, NULL);
 					Assert(typoid == INTERVALOID);
 
 					interval =
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index f40ad87..f4566bf 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static char *shdesc_file;
 static char *hba_file;
 static char *ident_file;
 static char *conf_file;
+static char *collation_file;
 static char *conversion_file;
 static char *dictionary_file;
 static char *info_schema_file;
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ static void get_set_pwd(void);
 static void setup_depend(void);
 static void setup_sysviews(void);
 static void setup_description(void);
+static void setup_collation(void);
 static void setup_conversion(void);
 static void setup_dictionary(void);
 static void setup_privileges(void);
@@ -1653,6 +1655,45 @@ setup_description(void)
 }
 
 /*
+ * populate pg_collation
+ */
+static void
+setup_collation(void)
+{
+	PG_CMD_DECL;
+
+	fputs(_("creating collations ..."), stdout);
+	fflush(stdout);
+
+	snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd),
+			 "\"%s\" %s template1 >%s",
+			 backend_exec, backend_options,
+			 DEVNULL);
+
+	PG_CMD_OPEN;
+
+	PG_CMD_PUTS("CREATE TEMP TABLE tmp_pg_collation ( "
+				"	locale name, "
+				"	encoding text) WITHOUT OIDS;\n");
+
+	PG_CMD_PRINTF1("COPY tmp_pg_collation FROM E'%s';\n",
+				   escape_quotes(collation_file));
+
+	PG_CMD_PUTS("INSERT INTO pg_collation (collname, collnamespace, collencoding, collcollate, collctype) "
+				" SELECT locale, "
+				"   (SELECT oid FROM pg_namespace WHERE nspname = 'pg_catalog'), "
+				"   pg_char_to_encoding(encoding), "
+				"   locale, locale "
+				"  FROM tmp_pg_collation "
+				"    WHERE pg_char_to_encoding(encoding) <> -1;\n");
+
+	PG_CMD_CLOSE;
+
+	check_ok();
+
+}
+
+/*
  * load conversion functions
  */
 static void
@@ -2761,6 +2802,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	set_input(&hba_file, "pg_hba.conf.sample");
 	set_input(&ident_file, "pg_ident.conf.sample");
 	set_input(&conf_file, "postgresql.conf.sample");
+	set_input(&collation_file, "locales.txt");
 	set_input(&conversion_file, "conversion_create.sql");
 	set_input(&dictionary_file, "snowball_create.sql");
 	set_input(&info_schema_file, "information_schema.sql");
@@ -2794,6 +2836,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	check_input(hba_file);
 	check_input(ident_file);
 	check_input(conf_file);
+	check_input(collation_file);
 	check_input(conversion_file);
 	check_input(dictionary_file);
 	check_input(info_schema_file);
@@ -3109,6 +3152,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	setup_description();
 
+	setup_collation();
+
 	setup_conversion();
 
 	setup_dictionary();
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
index 4f7d920..6242812 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/catversion.h
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
  */
 
 /*							yyyymmddN */
-#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	201004261
+#define CATALOG_VERSION_NO	201007071
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/indexing.h b/src/include/catalog/indexing.h
index 4f437fd..8060652 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/indexing.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/indexing.h
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ DECLARE_UNIQUE_INDEX(pg_class_oid_index, 2662, on pg_class using btree(oid oid_o
 DECLARE_UNIQUE_INDEX(pg_class_relname_nsp_index, 2663, on pg_class using btree(relname name_ops, relnamespace oid_ops));
 #define ClassNameNspIndexId  2663
 
+DECLARE_UNIQUE_INDEX(pg_collation_name_nsp_index, 3037, on pg_collation using btree(collname name_ops, collnamespace oid_ops));
+#define CollationNameNspIndexId 3037
+DECLARE_UNIQUE_INDEX(pg_collation_oid_index, 3038, on pg_collation using btree(oid oid_ops));
+#define CollationOidIndexId  3038
+
 /* This following index is not used for a cache and is not unique */
 DECLARE_INDEX(pg_constraint_conname_nsp_index, 2664, on pg_constraint using btree(conname name_ops, connamespace oid_ops));
 #define ConstraintNameNspIndexId  2664
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/namespace.h b/src/include/catalog/namespace.h
index fe3b783..541728f 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/namespace.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/namespace.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ extern OverrideSearchPath *GetOverrideSearchPath(MemoryContext context);
 extern void PushOverrideSearchPath(OverrideSearchPath *newpath);
 extern void PopOverrideSearchPath(void);
 
+extern Oid	FindCollationByName(List *collname);
 extern Oid	FindConversionByName(List *conname);
 extern Oid	FindDefaultConversionProc(int4 for_encoding, int4 to_encoding);
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_attribute.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_attribute.h
index 078cae4..6d14bfb 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_attribute.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_attribute.h
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ CATALOG(pg_attribute,1249) BKI_BOOTSTRAP BKI_WITHOUT_OIDS BKI_ROWTYPE_OID(75) BK
 	/* Number of times inherited from direct parent relation(s) */
 	int4		attinhcount;
 
+	/* attribute's collation */
+	Oid			attcollation;
+
 	/*
 	 * VARIABLE LENGTH FIELDS start here.  These fields may be NULL, too.
 	 *
@@ -159,10 +162,10 @@ CATALOG(pg_attribute,1249) BKI_BOOTSTRAP BKI_WITHOUT_OIDS BKI_ROWTYPE_OID(75) BK
  * ATTRIBUTE_FIXED_PART_SIZE is the size of the fixed-layout,
  * guaranteed-not-null part of a pg_attribute row.	This is in fact as much
  * of the row as gets copied into tuple descriptors, so don't expect you
- * can access fields beyond attinhcount except in a real tuple!
+ * can access fields beyond attcollation except in a real tuple!
  */
 #define ATTRIBUTE_FIXED_PART_SIZE \
-	(offsetof(FormData_pg_attribute,attinhcount) + sizeof(int4))
+	(offsetof(FormData_pg_attribute,attcollation) + sizeof(Oid))
 
 /* ----------------
  *		Form_pg_attribute corresponds to a pointer to a tuple with
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ typedef FormData_pg_attribute *Form_pg_attribute;
  * ----------------
  */
 
-#define Natts_pg_attribute				19
+#define Natts_pg_attribute				20
 #define Anum_pg_attribute_attrelid		1
 #define Anum_pg_attribute_attname		2
 #define Anum_pg_attribute_atttypid		3
@@ -194,8 +197,9 @@ typedef FormData_pg_attribute *Form_pg_attribute;
 #define Anum_pg_attribute_attisdropped	15
 #define Anum_pg_attribute_attislocal	16
 #define Anum_pg_attribute_attinhcount	17
-#define Anum_pg_attribute_attacl		18
-#define Anum_pg_attribute_attoptions	19
+#define Anum_pg_attribute_attcollation	18
+#define Anum_pg_attribute_attacl		19
+#define Anum_pg_attribute_attoptions	20
 
 
 /* ----------------
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h
index 5ea514d..1b64c14 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ typedef FormData_pg_class *Form_pg_class;
  */
 
 /* Note: "3" in the relfrozenxid column stands for FirstNormalTransactionId */
-DATA(insert OID = 1247 (  pg_type		PGNSP 71 0 PGUID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f f f r 28 0 t f f f f f 3 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1247 (  pg_type		PGNSP 71 0 PGUID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f f f r 29 0 t f f f f f 3 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("");
-DATA(insert OID = 1249 (  pg_attribute	PGNSP 75 0 PGUID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f f f r 19 0 f f f f f f 3 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1249 (  pg_attribute	PGNSP 75 0 PGUID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f f f r 20 0 f f f f f f 3 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("");
 DATA(insert OID = 1255 (  pg_proc		PGNSP 81 0 PGUID 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f f f r 25 0 t f f f f f 3 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("");
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_collation.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_collation.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf7c9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_collation.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * pg_collation.h
+ *	  definition of the system "collation" relation (pg_collation)
+ *	  along with the relation's initial contents.
+ *
+ *
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2010, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * $PostgreSQL$
+ *
+ * NOTES
+ *	  the genbki.pl script reads this file and generates .bki
+ *	  information from the DATA() statements.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#ifndef PG_COLLATION_H
+#define PG_COLLATION_H
+
+#include "catalog/genbki.h"
+
+/* ----------------
+ *		pg_collation definition.  cpp turns this into
+ *		typedef struct FormData_pg_collation
+ * ----------------
+ */
+#define CollationRelationId  2614
+
+CATALOG(pg_collation,2614)
+{
+	NameData	collname;		/* collation name */
+	Oid			collnamespace;	/* OID of namespace containing this collation */
+	int4		collencoding;	/* encoding that this collation applies to */
+	NameData	collcollate;	/* LC_COLLATE setting */
+	NameData	collctype;		/* LC_CTYPE setting */
+} FormData_pg_collation;
+
+/* ----------------
+ *		Form_pg_collation corresponds to a pointer to a row with
+ *		the format of pg_collation relation.
+ * ----------------
+ */
+typedef FormData_pg_collation *Form_pg_collation;
+
+/* ----------------
+ *		compiler constants for pg_collation
+ * ----------------
+ */
+#define Natts_pg_collation				5
+#define Anum_pg_collation_collname		1
+#define Anum_pg_collation_collnamespace	2
+#define Anum_pg_collation_collencoding	3
+#define Anum_pg_collation_collcollate	4
+#define Anum_pg_collation_collctype		5
+
+#endif   /* PG_COLLATION_H */
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
index c22aacc..9828a50 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_type.h
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ CATALOG(pg_type,1247) BKI_BOOTSTRAP BKI_ROWTYPE_OID(71) BKI_SCHEMA_MACRO
 	bool		typnotnull;
 
 	/*
+	 * Type can use collations.
+	 */
+	bool		typcollatable;
+
+	/*
 	 * Domains use typbasetype to show the base (or domain) type that the
 	 * domain is based on.	Zero if the type is not a domain.
 	 */
@@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ typedef FormData_pg_type *Form_pg_type;
  *		compiler constants for pg_type
  * ----------------
  */
-#define Natts_pg_type					28
+#define Natts_pg_type					29
 #define Anum_pg_type_typname			1
 #define Anum_pg_type_typnamespace		2
 #define Anum_pg_type_typowner			3
@@ -248,11 +253,12 @@ typedef FormData_pg_type *Form_pg_type;
 #define Anum_pg_type_typalign			21
 #define Anum_pg_type_typstorage			22
 #define Anum_pg_type_typnotnull			23
-#define Anum_pg_type_typbasetype		24
-#define Anum_pg_type_typtypmod			25
-#define Anum_pg_type_typndims			26
-#define Anum_pg_type_typdefaultbin		27
-#define Anum_pg_type_typdefault			28
+#define Anum_pg_type_typcollatable		24
+#define Anum_pg_type_typbasetype		25
+#define Anum_pg_type_typtypmod			26
+#define Anum_pg_type_typndims			27
+#define Anum_pg_type_typdefaultbin		28
+#define Anum_pg_type_typdefault			29
 
 
 /* ----------------
@@ -269,83 +275,83 @@ typedef FormData_pg_type *Form_pg_type;
  */
 
 /* OIDS 1 - 99 */
-DATA(insert OID = 16 (	bool	   PGNSP PGUID	1 t b B t t \054 0	 0 1000 boolin boolout boolrecv boolsend - - - c p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 16 (	bool	   PGNSP PGUID	1 t b B t t \054 0	 0 1000 boolin boolout boolrecv boolsend - - - c p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("boolean, 'true'/'false'");
 #define BOOLOID			16
 
-DATA(insert OID = 17 (	bytea	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0	0 1001 byteain byteaout bytearecv byteasend - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 17 (	bytea	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0	0 1001 byteain byteaout bytearecv byteasend - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("variable-length string, binary values escaped");
 #define BYTEAOID		17
 
-DATA(insert OID = 18 (	char	   PGNSP PGUID	1 t b S f t \054 0	 0 1002 charin charout charrecv charsend - - - c p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 18 (	char	   PGNSP PGUID	1 t b S f t \054 0	 0 1002 charin charout charrecv charsend - - - c p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("single character");
 #define CHAROID			18
 
-DATA(insert OID = 19 (	name	   PGNSP PGUID NAMEDATALEN f b S f t \054 0 18 1003 namein nameout namerecv namesend - - - c p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 19 (	name	   PGNSP PGUID NAMEDATALEN f b S f t \054 0 18 1003 namein nameout namerecv namesend - - - c p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("63-character type for storing system identifiers");
 #define NAMEOID			19
 
-DATA(insert OID = 20 (	int8	   PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b N f t \054 0	 0 1016 int8in int8out int8recv int8send - - - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 20 (	int8	   PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b N f t \054 0	 0 1016 int8in int8out int8recv int8send - - - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("~18 digit integer, 8-byte storage");
 #define INT8OID			20
 
-DATA(insert OID = 21 (	int2	   PGNSP PGUID	2 t b N f t \054 0	 0 1005 int2in int2out int2recv int2send - - - s p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 21 (	int2	   PGNSP PGUID	2 t b N f t \054 0	 0 1005 int2in int2out int2recv int2send - - - s p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("-32 thousand to 32 thousand, 2-byte storage");
 #define INT2OID			21
 
-DATA(insert OID = 22 (	int2vector PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	21 1006 int2vectorin int2vectorout int2vectorrecv int2vectorsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 22 (	int2vector PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	21 1006 int2vectorin int2vectorout int2vectorrecv int2vectorsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("array of int2, used in system tables");
 #define INT2VECTOROID	22
 
-DATA(insert OID = 23 (	int4	   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 1007 int4in int4out int4recv int4send - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 23 (	int4	   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 1007 int4in int4out int4recv int4send - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("-2 billion to 2 billion integer, 4-byte storage");
 #define INT4OID			23
 
-DATA(insert OID = 24 (	regproc    PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 1008 regprocin regprocout regprocrecv regprocsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 24 (	regproc    PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 1008 regprocin regprocout regprocrecv regprocsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("registered procedure");
 #define REGPROCOID		24
 
-DATA(insert OID = 25 (	text	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b S t t \054 0	0 1009 textin textout textrecv textsend - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 25 (	text	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b S t t \054 0	0 1009 textin textout textrecv textsend - - - i x f t 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("variable-length string, no limit specified");
 #define TEXTOID			25
 
-DATA(insert OID = 26 (	oid		   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N t t \054 0	 0 1028 oidin oidout oidrecv oidsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 26 (	oid		   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N t t \054 0	 0 1028 oidin oidout oidrecv oidsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("object identifier(oid), maximum 4 billion");
 #define OIDOID			26
 
-DATA(insert OID = 27 (	tid		   PGNSP PGUID	6 f b U f t \054 0	 0 1010 tidin tidout tidrecv tidsend - - - s p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 27 (	tid		   PGNSP PGUID	6 f b U f t \054 0	 0 1010 tidin tidout tidrecv tidsend - - - s p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("(block, offset), physical location of tuple");
 #define TIDOID		27
 
-DATA(insert OID = 28 (	xid		   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b U f t \054 0	 0 1011 xidin xidout xidrecv xidsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 28 (	xid		   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b U f t \054 0	 0 1011 xidin xidout xidrecv xidsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("transaction id");
 #define XIDOID 28
 
-DATA(insert OID = 29 (	cid		   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b U f t \054 0	 0 1012 cidin cidout cidrecv cidsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 29 (	cid		   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b U f t \054 0	 0 1012 cidin cidout cidrecv cidsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("command identifier type, sequence in transaction id");
 #define CIDOID 29
 
-DATA(insert OID = 30 (	oidvector  PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	26 1013 oidvectorin oidvectorout oidvectorrecv oidvectorsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 30 (	oidvector  PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	26 1013 oidvectorin oidvectorout oidvectorrecv oidvectorsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("array of oids, used in system tables");
 #define OIDVECTOROID	30
 
 /* hand-built rowtype entries for bootstrapped catalogs */
 /* NB: OIDs assigned here must match the BKI_ROWTYPE_OID declarations */
 
-DATA(insert OID = 71 (	pg_type			PGNSP PGUID -1 f c C f t \054 1247 0 0 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 75 (	pg_attribute	PGNSP PGUID -1 f c C f t \054 1249 0 0 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 81 (	pg_proc			PGNSP PGUID -1 f c C f t \054 1255 0 0 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 83 (	pg_class		PGNSP PGUID -1 f c C f t \054 1259 0 0 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 71 (	pg_type			PGNSP PGUID -1 f c C f t \054 1247 0 0 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 75 (	pg_attribute	PGNSP PGUID -1 f c C f t \054 1249 0 0 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 81 (	pg_proc			PGNSP PGUID -1 f c C f t \054 1255 0 0 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 83 (	pg_class		PGNSP PGUID -1 f c C f t \054 1259 0 0 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
 /* OIDS 100 - 199 */
-DATA(insert OID = 142 ( xml		   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 143 xml_in xml_out xml_recv xml_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 142 ( xml		   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 143 xml_in xml_out xml_recv xml_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("XML content");
 #define XMLOID 142
-DATA(insert OID = 143 ( _xml	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 142 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 143 ( _xml	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 142 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
 /* OIDS 200 - 299 */
 
-DATA(insert OID = 210 (  smgr	   PGNSP PGUID 2 t b U f t \054 0 0 0 smgrin smgrout - - - - - s p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 210 (  smgr	   PGNSP PGUID 2 t b U f t \054 0 0 0 smgrin smgrout - - - - - s p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("storage manager");
 
 /* OIDS 300 - 399 */
@@ -355,231 +361,231 @@ DESCR("storage manager");
 /* OIDS 500 - 599 */
 
 /* OIDS 600 - 699 */
-DATA(insert OID = 600 (  point	   PGNSP PGUID 16 f b G f t \054 0 701 1017 point_in point_out point_recv point_send - - - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 600 (  point	   PGNSP PGUID 16 f b G f t \054 0 701 1017 point_in point_out point_recv point_send - - - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("geometric point '(x, y)'");
 #define POINTOID		600
-DATA(insert OID = 601 (  lseg	   PGNSP PGUID 32 f b G f t \054 0 600 1018 lseg_in lseg_out lseg_recv lseg_send - - - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 601 (  lseg	   PGNSP PGUID 32 f b G f t \054 0 600 1018 lseg_in lseg_out lseg_recv lseg_send - - - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("geometric line segment '(pt1,pt2)'");
 #define LSEGOID			601
-DATA(insert OID = 602 (  path	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b G f t \054 0 0 1019 path_in path_out path_recv path_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 602 (  path	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b G f t \054 0 0 1019 path_in path_out path_recv path_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("geometric path '(pt1,...)'");
 #define PATHOID			602
-DATA(insert OID = 603 (  box	   PGNSP PGUID 32 f b G f t \073 0 600 1020 box_in box_out box_recv box_send - - - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 603 (  box	   PGNSP PGUID 32 f b G f t \073 0 600 1020 box_in box_out box_recv box_send - - - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("geometric box '(lower left,upper right)'");
 #define BOXOID			603
-DATA(insert OID = 604 (  polygon   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b G f t \054 0	 0 1027 poly_in poly_out poly_recv poly_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 604 (  polygon   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b G f t \054 0	 0 1027 poly_in poly_out poly_recv poly_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("geometric polygon '(pt1,...)'");
 #define POLYGONOID		604
 
-DATA(insert OID = 628 (  line	   PGNSP PGUID 32 f b G f t \054 0 701 629 line_in line_out line_recv line_send - - - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 628 (  line	   PGNSP PGUID 32 f b G f t \054 0 701 629 line_in line_out line_recv line_send - - - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("geometric line (not implemented)");
 #define LINEOID			628
-DATA(insert OID = 629 (  _line	   PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 628 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 629 (  _line	   PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 628 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("");
 
 /* OIDS 700 - 799 */
 
-DATA(insert OID = 700 (  float4    PGNSP PGUID	4 FLOAT4PASSBYVAL b N f t \054 0	 0 1021 float4in float4out float4recv float4send - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 700 (  float4    PGNSP PGUID	4 FLOAT4PASSBYVAL b N f t \054 0	 0 1021 float4in float4out float4recv float4send - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("single-precision floating point number, 4-byte storage");
 #define FLOAT4OID 700
-DATA(insert OID = 701 (  float8    PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b N t t \054 0	 0 1022 float8in float8out float8recv float8send - - - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 701 (  float8    PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b N t t \054 0	 0 1022 float8in float8out float8recv float8send - - - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("double-precision floating point number, 8-byte storage");
 #define FLOAT8OID 701
-DATA(insert OID = 702 (  abstime   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b D f t \054 0	 0 1023 abstimein abstimeout abstimerecv abstimesend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 702 (  abstime   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b D f t \054 0	 0 1023 abstimein abstimeout abstimerecv abstimesend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("absolute, limited-range date and time (Unix system time)");
 #define ABSTIMEOID		702
-DATA(insert OID = 703 (  reltime   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b T f t \054 0	 0 1024 reltimein reltimeout reltimerecv reltimesend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 703 (  reltime   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b T f t \054 0	 0 1024 reltimein reltimeout reltimerecv reltimesend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("relative, limited-range time interval (Unix delta time)");
 #define RELTIMEOID		703
-DATA(insert OID = 704 (  tinterval PGNSP PGUID 12 f b T f t \054 0	 0 1025 tintervalin tintervalout tintervalrecv tintervalsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 704 (  tinterval PGNSP PGUID 12 f b T f t \054 0	 0 1025 tintervalin tintervalout tintervalrecv tintervalsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("(abstime,abstime), time interval");
 #define TINTERVALOID	704
-DATA(insert OID = 705 (  unknown   PGNSP PGUID -2 f b X f t \054 0	 0 0 unknownin unknownout unknownrecv unknownsend - - - c p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 705 (  unknown   PGNSP PGUID -2 f b X f t \054 0	 0 0 unknownin unknownout unknownrecv unknownsend - - - c p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("");
 #define UNKNOWNOID		705
 
-DATA(insert OID = 718 (  circle    PGNSP PGUID	24 f b G f t \054 0 0 719 circle_in circle_out circle_recv circle_send - - - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 718 (  circle    PGNSP PGUID	24 f b G f t \054 0 0 719 circle_in circle_out circle_recv circle_send - - - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("geometric circle '(center,radius)'");
 #define CIRCLEOID		718
-DATA(insert OID = 719 (  _circle   PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0  718 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 790 (  money	   PGNSP PGUID	 8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b N f t \054 0 0 791 cash_in cash_out cash_recv cash_send - - - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 719 (  _circle   PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0  718 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 790 (  money	   PGNSP PGUID	 8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b N f t \054 0 0 791 cash_in cash_out cash_recv cash_send - - - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("monetary amounts, $d,ddd.cc");
 #define CASHOID 790
-DATA(insert OID = 791 (  _money    PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0  790 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 791 (  _money    PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0  790 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
 /* OIDS 800 - 899 */
-DATA(insert OID = 829 ( macaddr    PGNSP PGUID	6 f b U f t \054 0 0 1040 macaddr_in macaddr_out macaddr_recv macaddr_send - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 829 ( macaddr    PGNSP PGUID	6 f b U f t \054 0 0 1040 macaddr_in macaddr_out macaddr_recv macaddr_send - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX, MAC address");
 #define MACADDROID 829
-DATA(insert OID = 869 ( inet	   PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b I t t \054 0 0 1041 inet_in inet_out inet_recv inet_send - - - i m f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 869 ( inet	   PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b I t t \054 0 0 1041 inet_in inet_out inet_recv inet_send - - - i m f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("IP address/netmask, host address, netmask optional");
 #define INETOID 869
-DATA(insert OID = 650 ( cidr	   PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b I f t \054 0 0 651 cidr_in cidr_out cidr_recv cidr_send - - - i m f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 650 ( cidr	   PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b I f t \054 0 0 651 cidr_in cidr_out cidr_recv cidr_send - - - i m f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("network IP address/netmask, network address");
 #define CIDROID 650
 
 /* OIDS 900 - 999 */
 
 /* OIDS 1000 - 1099 */
-DATA(insert OID = 1000 (  _bool		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	16 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1001 (  _bytea	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	17 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1002 (  _char		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	18 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1003 (  _name		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	19 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1005 (  _int2		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	21 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1006 (  _int2vector PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	22 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1007 (  _int4		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	23 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1000 (  _bool		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	16 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1001 (  _bytea	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	17 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1002 (  _char		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	18 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1003 (  _name		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	19 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1005 (  _int2		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	21 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1006 (  _int2vector PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	22 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1007 (  _int4		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	23 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define INT4ARRAYOID		1007
-DATA(insert OID = 1008 (  _regproc	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	24 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1009 (  _text		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	25 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1008 (  _regproc	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	24 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1009 (  _text		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	25 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define TEXTARRAYOID		1009
-DATA(insert OID = 1028 (  _oid		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	26 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1010 (  _tid		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	27 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1011 (  _xid		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	28 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1012 (  _cid		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	29 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1013 (  _oidvector PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	30 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1014 (  _bpchar	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 1042 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send bpchartypmodin bpchartypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1015 (  _varchar	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 1043 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send varchartypmodin varchartypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1016 (  _int8		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	20 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1017 (  _point	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 600 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1018 (  _lseg		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 601 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1019 (  _path		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 602 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1020 (  _box		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \073 0 603 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1021 (  _float4	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 700 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1028 (  _oid		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	26 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1010 (  _tid		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	27 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1011 (  _xid		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	28 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1012 (  _cid		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	29 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1013 (  _oidvector PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	30 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1014 (  _bpchar	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 1042 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send bpchartypmodin bpchartypmodout - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1015 (  _varchar	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 1043 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send varchartypmodin varchartypmodout - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1016 (  _int8		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	20 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1017 (  _point	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 600 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1018 (  _lseg		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 601 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1019 (  _path		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 602 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1020 (  _box		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \073 0 603 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1021 (  _float4	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 700 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define FLOAT4ARRAYOID 1021
-DATA(insert OID = 1022 (  _float8	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 701 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1023 (  _abstime	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 702 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1024 (  _reltime	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 703 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1025 (  _tinterval PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 704 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1027 (  _polygon	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 604 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1033 (  aclitem	 PGNSP PGUID 12 f b U f t \054 0 0 1034 aclitemin aclitemout - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1022 (  _float8	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 701 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1023 (  _abstime	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 702 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1024 (  _reltime	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 703 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1025 (  _tinterval PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 704 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1027 (  _polygon	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 604 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1033 (  aclitem	 PGNSP PGUID 12 f b U f t \054 0 0 1034 aclitemin aclitemout - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("access control list");
 #define ACLITEMOID		1033
-DATA(insert OID = 1034 (  _aclitem	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 1033 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1040 (  _macaddr	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0  829 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1041 (  _inet		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0  869 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 651  (  _cidr		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0  650 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1263 (  _cstring	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2275 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1034 (  _aclitem	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 1033 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1040 (  _macaddr	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0  829 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1041 (  _inet		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0  869 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 651  (  _cidr		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0  650 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1263 (  _cstring	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2275 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define CSTRINGARRAYOID		1263
 
-DATA(insert OID = 1042 ( bpchar		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b S f t \054 0	0 1014 bpcharin bpcharout bpcharrecv bpcharsend bpchartypmodin bpchartypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1042 ( bpchar		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b S f t \054 0	0 1014 bpcharin bpcharout bpcharrecv bpcharsend bpchartypmodin bpchartypmodout - i x f t 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("char(length), blank-padded string, fixed storage length");
 #define BPCHAROID		1042
-DATA(insert OID = 1043 ( varchar	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b S f t \054 0	0 1015 varcharin varcharout varcharrecv varcharsend varchartypmodin varchartypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1043 ( varchar	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b S f t \054 0	0 1015 varcharin varcharout varcharrecv varcharsend varchartypmodin varchartypmodout - i x f t 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("varchar(length), non-blank-padded string, variable storage length");
 #define VARCHAROID		1043
 
-DATA(insert OID = 1082 ( date		 PGNSP PGUID	4 t b D f t \054 0	0 1182 date_in date_out date_recv date_send - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1082 ( date		 PGNSP PGUID	4 t b D f t \054 0	0 1182 date_in date_out date_recv date_send - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("date");
 #define DATEOID			1082
-DATA(insert OID = 1083 ( time		 PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b D f t \054 0	0 1183 time_in time_out time_recv time_send timetypmodin timetypmodout - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1083 ( time		 PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b D f t \054 0	0 1183 time_in time_out time_recv time_send timetypmodin timetypmodout - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("time of day");
 #define TIMEOID			1083
 
 /* OIDS 1100 - 1199 */
-DATA(insert OID = 1114 ( timestamp	 PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b D f t \054 0	0 1115 timestamp_in timestamp_out timestamp_recv timestamp_send timestamptypmodin timestamptypmodout - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1114 ( timestamp	 PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b D f t \054 0	0 1115 timestamp_in timestamp_out timestamp_recv timestamp_send timestamptypmodin timestamptypmodout - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("date and time");
 #define TIMESTAMPOID	1114
-DATA(insert OID = 1115 ( _timestamp  PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 1114 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send timestamptypmodin timestamptypmodout - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1182 ( _date		 PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 1082 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1183 ( _time		 PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 1083 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send timetypmodin timetypmodout - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1184 ( timestamptz PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b D t t \054 0	0 1185 timestamptz_in timestamptz_out timestamptz_recv timestamptz_send timestamptztypmodin timestamptztypmodout - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1115 ( _timestamp  PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 1114 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send timestamptypmodin timestamptypmodout - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1182 ( _date		 PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 1082 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1183 ( _time		 PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 1083 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send timetypmodin timetypmodout - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1184 ( timestamptz PGNSP PGUID	8 FLOAT8PASSBYVAL b D t t \054 0	0 1185 timestamptz_in timestamptz_out timestamptz_recv timestamptz_send timestamptztypmodin timestamptztypmodout - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("date and time with time zone");
 #define TIMESTAMPTZOID	1184
-DATA(insert OID = 1185 ( _timestamptz PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1184 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send timestamptztypmodin timestamptztypmodout - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1186 ( interval	 PGNSP PGUID 16 f b T t t \054 0	0 1187 interval_in interval_out interval_recv interval_send intervaltypmodin intervaltypmodout - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1185 ( _timestamptz PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1184 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send timestamptztypmodin timestamptztypmodout - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1186 ( interval	 PGNSP PGUID 16 f b T t t \054 0	0 1187 interval_in interval_out interval_recv interval_send intervaltypmodin intervaltypmodout - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("@ <number> <units>, time interval");
 #define INTERVALOID		1186
-DATA(insert OID = 1187 ( _interval	 PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 1186 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send intervaltypmodin intervaltypmodout - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1187 ( _interval	 PGNSP PGUID	-1 f b A f t \054 0 1186 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send intervaltypmodin intervaltypmodout - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
 /* OIDS 1200 - 1299 */
-DATA(insert OID = 1231 (  _numeric	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1700 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send numerictypmodin numerictypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1266 ( timetz		 PGNSP PGUID 12 f b D f t \054 0	0 1270 timetz_in timetz_out timetz_recv timetz_send timetztypmodin timetztypmodout - d p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1231 (  _numeric	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1700 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send numerictypmodin numerictypmodout - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1266 ( timetz		 PGNSP PGUID 12 f b D f t \054 0	0 1270 timetz_in timetz_out timetz_recv timetz_send timetztypmodin timetztypmodout - d p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("time of day with time zone");
 #define TIMETZOID		1266
-DATA(insert OID = 1270 ( _timetz	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1266 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send timetztypmodin timetztypmodout - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1270 ( _timetz	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1266 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send timetztypmodin timetztypmodout - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
 /* OIDS 1500 - 1599 */
-DATA(insert OID = 1560 ( bit		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b V f t \054 0	0 1561 bit_in bit_out bit_recv bit_send bittypmodin bittypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1560 ( bit		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b V f t \054 0	0 1561 bit_in bit_out bit_recv bit_send bittypmodin bittypmodout - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("fixed-length bit string");
 #define BITOID	 1560
-DATA(insert OID = 1561 ( _bit		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1560 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send bittypmodin bittypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 1562 ( varbit		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b V t t \054 0	0 1563 varbit_in varbit_out varbit_recv varbit_send varbittypmodin varbittypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1561 ( _bit		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1560 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send bittypmodin bittypmodout - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1562 ( varbit		 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b V t t \054 0	0 1563 varbit_in varbit_out varbit_recv varbit_send varbittypmodin varbittypmodout - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("variable-length bit string");
 #define VARBITOID	  1562
-DATA(insert OID = 1563 ( _varbit	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1562 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send varbittypmodin varbittypmodout - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1563 ( _varbit	 PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0	1562 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send varbittypmodin varbittypmodout - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
 /* OIDS 1600 - 1699 */
 
 /* OIDS 1700 - 1799 */
-DATA(insert OID = 1700 ( numeric	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b N f t \054 0	0 1231 numeric_in numeric_out numeric_recv numeric_send numerictypmodin numerictypmodout - i m f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1700 ( numeric	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b N f t \054 0	0 1231 numeric_in numeric_out numeric_recv numeric_send numerictypmodin numerictypmodout - i m f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("numeric(precision, decimal), arbitrary precision number");
 #define NUMERICOID		1700
 
-DATA(insert OID = 1790 ( refcursor	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0	0 2201 textin textout textrecv textsend - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 1790 ( refcursor	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0	0 2201 textin textout textrecv textsend - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("reference to cursor (portal name)");
 #define REFCURSOROID	1790
 
 /* OIDS 2200 - 2299 */
-DATA(insert OID = 2201 ( _refcursor    PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 1790 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2201 ( _refcursor    PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 1790 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
-DATA(insert OID = 2202 ( regprocedure  PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2207 regprocedurein regprocedureout regprocedurerecv regproceduresend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2202 ( regprocedure  PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2207 regprocedurein regprocedureout regprocedurerecv regproceduresend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("registered procedure (with args)");
 #define REGPROCEDUREOID 2202
 
-DATA(insert OID = 2203 ( regoper	   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2208 regoperin regoperout regoperrecv regopersend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2203 ( regoper	   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2208 regoperin regoperout regoperrecv regopersend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("registered operator");
 #define REGOPEROID		2203
 
-DATA(insert OID = 2204 ( regoperator   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2209 regoperatorin regoperatorout regoperatorrecv regoperatorsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2204 ( regoperator   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2209 regoperatorin regoperatorout regoperatorrecv regoperatorsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("registered operator (with args)");
 #define REGOPERATOROID	2204
 
-DATA(insert OID = 2205 ( regclass	   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2210 regclassin regclassout regclassrecv regclasssend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2205 ( regclass	   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2210 regclassin regclassout regclassrecv regclasssend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("registered class");
 #define REGCLASSOID		2205
 
-DATA(insert OID = 2206 ( regtype	   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2211 regtypein regtypeout regtyperecv regtypesend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2206 ( regtype	   PGNSP PGUID	4 t b N f t \054 0	 0 2211 regtypein regtypeout regtyperecv regtypesend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("registered type");
 #define REGTYPEOID		2206
 
-DATA(insert OID = 2207 ( _regprocedure PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2202 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 2208 ( _regoper	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2203 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 2209 ( _regoperator  PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2204 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 2210 ( _regclass	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2205 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 2211 ( _regtype	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2206 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2207 ( _regprocedure PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2202 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2208 ( _regoper	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2203 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2209 ( _regoperator  PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2204 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2210 ( _regclass	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2205 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2211 ( _regtype	   PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2206 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define REGTYPEARRAYOID 2211
 
 /* uuid */
-DATA(insert OID = 2950 ( uuid			PGNSP PGUID 16 f b U f t \054 0 0 2951 uuid_in uuid_out uuid_recv uuid_send - - - c p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2950 ( uuid			PGNSP PGUID 16 f b U f t \054 0 0 2951 uuid_in uuid_out uuid_recv uuid_send - - - c p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("UUID datatype");
-DATA(insert OID = 2951 ( _uuid			PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2950 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2951 ( _uuid			PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2950 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
 /* text search */
-DATA(insert OID = 3614 ( tsvector		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 3643 tsvectorin tsvectorout tsvectorrecv tsvectorsend - - ts_typanalyze i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3614 ( tsvector		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 3643 tsvectorin tsvectorout tsvectorrecv tsvectorsend - - ts_typanalyze i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("text representation for text search");
 #define TSVECTOROID		3614
-DATA(insert OID = 3642 ( gtsvector		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 3644 gtsvectorin gtsvectorout - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3642 ( gtsvector		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 3644 gtsvectorin gtsvectorout - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("GiST index internal text representation for text search");
 #define GTSVECTOROID	3642
-DATA(insert OID = 3615 ( tsquery		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 3645 tsqueryin tsqueryout tsqueryrecv tsquerysend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3615 ( tsquery		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 3645 tsqueryin tsqueryout tsqueryrecv tsquerysend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("query representation for text search");
 #define TSQUERYOID		3615
-DATA(insert OID = 3734 ( regconfig		PGNSP PGUID 4 t b N f t \054 0 0 3735 regconfigin regconfigout regconfigrecv regconfigsend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3734 ( regconfig		PGNSP PGUID 4 t b N f t \054 0 0 3735 regconfigin regconfigout regconfigrecv regconfigsend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("registered text search configuration");
 #define REGCONFIGOID	3734
-DATA(insert OID = 3769 ( regdictionary	PGNSP PGUID 4 t b N f t \054 0 0 3770 regdictionaryin regdictionaryout regdictionaryrecv regdictionarysend - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3769 ( regdictionary	PGNSP PGUID 4 t b N f t \054 0 0 3770 regdictionaryin regdictionaryout regdictionaryrecv regdictionarysend - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("registered text search dictionary");
 #define REGDICTIONARYOID	3769
 
-DATA(insert OID = 3643 ( _tsvector		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3614 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 3644 ( _gtsvector		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3642 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 3645 ( _tsquery		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3615 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 3735 ( _regconfig		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3734 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
-DATA(insert OID = 3770 ( _regdictionary PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3769 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3643 ( _tsvector		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3614 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3644 ( _gtsvector		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3642 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3645 ( _tsquery		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3615 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3735 ( _regconfig		PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3734 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3770 ( _regdictionary PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 3769 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - i x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
-DATA(insert OID = 2970 ( txid_snapshot	PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 2949 txid_snapshot_in txid_snapshot_out txid_snapshot_recv txid_snapshot_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2970 ( txid_snapshot	PGNSP PGUID -1 f b U f t \054 0 0 2949 txid_snapshot_in txid_snapshot_out txid_snapshot_recv txid_snapshot_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 DESCR("txid snapshot");
-DATA(insert OID = 2949 ( _txid_snapshot PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2970 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2949 ( _txid_snapshot PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2970 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 
 /*
  * pseudo-types
@@ -594,31 +600,31 @@ DATA(insert OID = 2949 ( _txid_snapshot PGNSP PGUID -1 f b A f t \054 0 2970 0 a
  * but there is now support for it in records and arrays.  Perhaps we should
  * just treat it as a regular base type?
  */
-DATA(insert OID = 2249 ( record			PGNSP PGUID -1 f p P f t \054 0 0 2287 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2249 ( record			PGNSP PGUID -1 f p P f t \054 0 0 2287 record_in record_out record_recv record_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define RECORDOID		2249
-DATA(insert OID = 2287 ( _record		PGNSP PGUID -1 f p P f t \054 0 2249 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2287 ( _record		PGNSP PGUID -1 f p P f t \054 0 2249 0 array_in array_out array_recv array_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define RECORDARRAYOID	2287
-DATA(insert OID = 2275 ( cstring		PGNSP PGUID -2 f p P f t \054 0 0 1263 cstring_in cstring_out cstring_recv cstring_send - - - c p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2275 ( cstring		PGNSP PGUID -2 f p P f t \054 0 0 1263 cstring_in cstring_out cstring_recv cstring_send - - - c p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define CSTRINGOID		2275
-DATA(insert OID = 2276 ( any			PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 any_in any_out - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2276 ( any			PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 any_in any_out - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define ANYOID			2276
-DATA(insert OID = 2277 ( anyarray		PGNSP PGUID -1 f p P f t \054 0 0 0 anyarray_in anyarray_out anyarray_recv anyarray_send - - - d x f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2277 ( anyarray		PGNSP PGUID -1 f p P f t \054 0 0 0 anyarray_in anyarray_out anyarray_recv anyarray_send - - - d x f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define ANYARRAYOID		2277
-DATA(insert OID = 2278 ( void			PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 void_in void_out - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2278 ( void			PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 void_in void_out - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define VOIDOID			2278
-DATA(insert OID = 2279 ( trigger		PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 trigger_in trigger_out - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2279 ( trigger		PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 trigger_in trigger_out - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define TRIGGEROID		2279
-DATA(insert OID = 2280 ( language_handler	PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 language_handler_in language_handler_out - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2280 ( language_handler	PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 language_handler_in language_handler_out - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define LANGUAGE_HANDLEROID		2280
-DATA(insert OID = 2281 ( internal		PGNSP PGUID  SIZEOF_POINTER t p P f t \054 0 0 0 internal_in internal_out - - - - - ALIGNOF_POINTER p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2281 ( internal		PGNSP PGUID  SIZEOF_POINTER t p P f t \054 0 0 0 internal_in internal_out - - - - - ALIGNOF_POINTER p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define INTERNALOID		2281
-DATA(insert OID = 2282 ( opaque			PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 opaque_in opaque_out - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2282 ( opaque			PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 opaque_in opaque_out - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define OPAQUEOID		2282
-DATA(insert OID = 2283 ( anyelement		PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 anyelement_in anyelement_out - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2283 ( anyelement		PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 anyelement_in anyelement_out - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define ANYELEMENTOID	2283
-DATA(insert OID = 2776 ( anynonarray	PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 anynonarray_in anynonarray_out - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 2776 ( anynonarray	PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 anynonarray_in anynonarray_out - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define ANYNONARRAYOID	2776
-DATA(insert OID = 3500 ( anyenum		PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 anyenum_in anyenum_out - - - - - i p f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID = 3500 ( anyenum		PGNSP PGUID  4 t p P f t \054 0 0 0 anyenum_in anyenum_out - - - - - i p f f 0 -1 0 _null_ _null_ ));
 #define ANYENUMOID		3500
 
 
diff --git a/src/include/fmgr.h b/src/include/fmgr.h
index c502b96..cd6d802 100644
--- a/src/include/fmgr.h
+++ b/src/include/fmgr.h
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ extern struct varlena *pg_detoast_datum_packed(struct varlena * datum);
 #define PG_RETURN_VARCHAR_P(x) PG_RETURN_POINTER(x)
 #define PG_RETURN_HEAPTUPLEHEADER(x)  PG_RETURN_POINTER(x)
 
+#define PG_GET_COLLATION()		get_call_collation(fcinfo->flinfo->fn_expr)
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *		Support for detecting call convention of dynamically-loaded functions
@@ -518,6 +519,7 @@ extern Oid	get_fn_expr_argtype(FmgrInfo *flinfo, int argnum);
 extern Oid	get_call_expr_argtype(fmNodePtr expr, int argnum);
 extern bool get_fn_expr_arg_stable(FmgrInfo *flinfo, int argnum);
 extern bool get_call_expr_arg_stable(fmNodePtr expr, int argnum);
+extern Oid	get_call_collation(fmNodePtr expr);
 
 /*
  * Routines in dfmgr.c
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/nodeFuncs.h b/src/include/nodes/nodeFuncs.h
index aad6dc1..e3ff5d6 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/nodeFuncs.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/nodeFuncs.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 extern Oid	exprType(Node *expr);
 extern int32 exprTypmod(Node *expr);
+extern Oid	exprColl(Node *expr);
 extern bool exprIsLengthCoercion(Node *expr, int32 *coercedTypmod);
 extern bool expression_returns_set(Node *clause);
 
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/nodes.h b/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
index a5f5df5..42a6c70 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/nodes.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ typedef enum NodeTag
 	T_JoinExpr,
 	T_FromExpr,
 	T_IntoClause,
+	T_CollateClause,
 
 	/*
 	 * TAGS FOR EXPRESSION STATE NODES (execnodes.h)
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index b591073..01a3a39 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ typedef struct Query
  * specify the type by OID than by name.  If "names" is NIL then the
  * actual type OID is given by typeOid, otherwise typeOid is unused.
  * Similarly, if "typmods" is NIL then the actual typmod is expected to
- * be prespecified in typemod, otherwise typemod is unused.
+ * be prespecified in typemod, otherwise typemod is unused.  Similarly
+ * for collnames/collOid.
  *
  * If pct_type is TRUE, then names is actually a field name and we look up
  * the type of that field.	Otherwise (the normal case), names is a type
@@ -180,6 +181,8 @@ typedef struct TypeName
 	List	   *typmods;		/* type modifier expression(s) */
 	int32		typemod;		/* prespecified type modifier */
 	List	   *arrayBounds;	/* array bounds */
+	List	   *collnames;		/* collation name */
+	Oid			collOid;		/* collation by OID */
 	int			location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
 } TypeName;
 
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h b/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
index c523d72..013bc0d 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/primnodes.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ typedef struct Var
 								 * levels up */
 	Index		varnoold;		/* original value of varno, for debugging */
 	AttrNumber	varoattno;		/* original value of varattno */
+	Oid			varcollid;		/* collation */
 	int			location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
 } Var;
 
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ typedef struct FuncExpr
 	bool		funcretset;		/* true if function returns set */
 	CoercionForm funcformat;	/* how to display this function call */
 	List	   *args;			/* arguments to the function */
+	Oid			collid;			/* collation OID to use by function */
 	int			location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
 } FuncExpr;
 
@@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ typedef struct OpExpr
 	Oid			opresulttype;	/* PG_TYPE OID of result value */
 	bool		opretset;		/* true if operator returns set */
 	List	   *args;			/* arguments to the operator (1 or 2) */
+	Oid			collid;			/* collation OID to use by operator */
 	int			location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
 } OpExpr;
 
@@ -642,6 +645,18 @@ typedef struct RelabelType
 	int			location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
 } RelabelType;
 
+/*
+ * CollateClause - COLLATE
+ */
+typedef struct CollateClause
+{
+	NodeTag		type;
+	Node	   *arg;			/* original expression */
+	List	   *collnames;		/* assigned collation */
+	Oid			collOid;		/* resolved collation OID */
+	int			location;		/* token location, or -1 if unknown */
+} CollateClause;
+
 /* ----------------
  * CoerceViaIO
  *
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_type.h b/src/include/parser/parse_type.h
index fa99ef7..0e17f7f 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_type.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_type.h
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
 typedef HeapTuple Type;
 
 extern Type LookupTypeName(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
-			   int32 *typmod_p);
+						   int32 *typmod_p, Oid *colloid_p);
 extern Type typenameType(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
-			 int32 *typmod_p);
+						 int32 *typmod_p, Oid *colloid_p);
 extern Oid typenameTypeId(ParseState *pstate, const TypeName *typeName,
-			   int32 *typmod_p);
+						  int32 *typmod_p, Oid *colloid_p);
+
+extern Oid LookupCollation(ParseState *pstate, List *collnames, int location);
 
 extern char *TypeNameToString(const TypeName *typeName);
 extern char *TypeNameListToString(List *typenames);
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parsetree.h b/src/include/parser/parsetree.h
index 377589a..db36c18 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parsetree.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parsetree.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ extern char *get_rte_attribute_name(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum);
  * type and typemod info for that attribute of that RTE.
  */
 extern void get_rte_attribute_type(RangeTblEntry *rte, AttrNumber attnum,
-					   Oid *vartype, int32 *vartypmod);
+					   Oid *vartype, int32 *vartypmod, Oid *varcollid);
 
 /*
  * Check whether an attribute of an RTE has been dropped (note that
diff --git a/src/include/utils/builtins.h b/src/include/utils/builtins.h
index 0b60e09..ab2b925 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/builtins.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/builtins.h
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ extern Datum textoverlay(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum textoverlay_no_len(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum name_text(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 extern Datum text_name(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
-extern int	varstr_cmp(char *arg1, int len1, char *arg2, int len2);
+extern int	varstr_cmp(char *arg1, int len1, char *arg2, int len2, Oid collid);
 extern List *textToQualifiedNameList(text *textval);
 extern bool SplitIdentifierString(char *rawstring, char separator,
 					  List **namelist);
diff --git a/src/include/utils/syscache.h b/src/include/utils/syscache.h
index 2f19e5c..92ce4e2 100644
--- a/src/include/utils/syscache.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/syscache.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ enum SysCacheIdentifier
 	CASTSOURCETARGET,
 	CLAAMNAMENSP,
 	CLAOID,
+	COLLNAMENSP,
+	COLLOID,
 	CONDEFAULT,
 	CONNAMENSP,
 	CONSTROID,
diff --git a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
index 656ea73..31842a9 100644
--- a/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
+++ b/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ plpgsql_parse_wordtype(char *ident)
 	 * Word wasn't found in the namespace stack. Try to find a data type with
 	 * that name, but ignore shell types and complex types.
 	 */
-	typeTup = LookupTypeName(NULL, makeTypeName(ident), NULL);
+	typeTup = LookupTypeName(NULL, makeTypeName(ident), NULL, NULL);
 	if (typeTup)
 	{
 		Form_pg_type typeStruct = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(typeTup);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/collate.out b/src/test/regress/expected/collate.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19ab9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/collate.out
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+CREATE TABLE collate_test1 (
+    a int,
+    b text COLLATE "en_US.utf8"
+);
+CREATE TABLE collate_test_fail (
+    a int,
+    b text COLLATE "en_US"
+);
+ERROR:  collation "en_US" is not applicable to current database encoding "UTF8"
+LINE 3:     b text COLLATE "en_US"
+              ^
+CREATE TABLE collate_test_fail (
+    a int,
+    b text COLLATE "foo"
+);
+ERROR:  collation "foo" does not exist
+CREATE TABLE collate_test_fail (
+    a int COLLATE "en_US.utf8",
+    b text
+);
+ERROR:  collations are not supported by type "pg_catalog.int4"
+LINE 2:     a int COLLATE "en_US.utf8",
+              ^
+CREATE TABLE collate_test2 (
+    a int,
+    b text COLLATE "sv_SE.utf8"
+);
+INSERT INTO collate_test1 VALUES (1, 'abc'), (2, 'äbc'), (3, 'bbc');
+INSERT INTO collate_test2 SELECT * FROM collate_test1;
+SELECT * FROM collate_test1 WHERE b >= 'bbc';
+ a |  b  
+---+-----
+ 3 | bbc
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM collate_test2 WHERE b >= 'bbc';
+ a |  b  
+---+-----
+ 2 | äbc
+ 3 | bbc
+(2 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/sanity_check.out b/src/test/regress/expected/sanity_check.out
index 1d9e110..8608171 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/sanity_check.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/sanity_check.out
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ SELECT relname, relhasindex
  pg_authid               | t
  pg_cast                 | t
  pg_class                | t
+ pg_collation            | t
  pg_constraint           | t
  pg_conversion           | t
  pg_database             | t
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ SELECT relname, relhasindex
  timetz_tbl              | f
  tinterval_tbl           | f
  varchar_tbl             | f
-(142 rows)
+(143 rows)
 
 --
 -- another sanity check: every system catalog that has OIDs should have
diff --git a/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule b/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
index 7529777..e8cdb79 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/parallel_schedule
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test: rules
 # ----------
 # Another group of parallel tests
 # ----------
-test: select_views portals_p2 foreign_key cluster dependency guc bitmapops combocid tsearch tsdicts foreign_data window xmlmap
+test: select_views portals_p2 foreign_key cluster dependency guc bitmapops combocid tsearch tsdicts foreign_data window xmlmap collate
 
 # ----------
 # Another group of parallel tests
diff --git a/src/test/regress/serial_schedule b/src/test/regress/serial_schedule
index 5f185f9..761bff6 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/serial_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/serial_schedule
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ test: tsdicts
 test: foreign_data
 test: window
 test: xmlmap
+test: collate
 test: plancache
 test: limit
 test: plpgsql
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/collate.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/collate.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60ffbe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/collate.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+CREATE TABLE collate_test1 (
+    a int,
+    b text COLLATE "en_US.utf8"
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE collate_test_fail (
+    a int,
+    b text COLLATE "en_US"
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE collate_test_fail (
+    a int,
+    b text COLLATE "foo"
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE collate_test_fail (
+    a int COLLATE "en_US.utf8",
+    b text
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE collate_test2 (
+    a int,
+    b text COLLATE "sv_SE.utf8"
+);
+
+INSERT INTO collate_test1 VALUES (1, 'abc'), (2, 'äbc'), (3, 'bbc');
+INSERT INTO collate_test2 SELECT * FROM collate_test1;
+
+SELECT * FROM collate_test1 WHERE b >= 'bbc';
+SELECT * FROM collate_test2 WHERE b >= 'bbc';