Re: get rid of SQL_ASCII? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: get rid of SQL_ASCII?
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Msg-id 1378480755.15946.YahooMailNeo@web162906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com
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In response to Re: get rid of SQL_ASCII?  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> There's a large undercurrent of "I say it's bad for you" in
>> this thread, with frankly nothing to back it up.  If we try to
>> be as nanny-ish as you're suggesting here, we'll just annoy
>> users.
>
> +1.

+1

I can definitely see a place for an ASCII7 encoding which would
reject anything with the high bit set; but there is a clear place
for the current SQL_ASCII, too.  Eliminating it would be much pain
for no discernible gain.

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Kevin Grittner
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company



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