Re: OCTET_LENGTH is wrong - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

> problems.  For instance, I don't know if the convert() function would make
> sense then.  (Does it even make sense now?)

Yes. Consider you have UNICODE database and want to sort by French or
whatever LATIN locale.
 SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY convert(text_column,'LATIN1');

would be the only way to accomplish that.
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Tatsuo Ishii