Re: Encoding problem with 7.4 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Encoding problem with 7.4
Date
Msg-id 20031203205610.GF13980@dcc.uchile.cl
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In response to Re: Encoding problem with 7.4  ("E.Rodichev" <er@sai.msu.su>)
Responses Re: Encoding problem with 7.4
List pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 11:42:34PM +0300, E.Rodichev wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Stephan Szabo wrote:
> 
> > No, it isn't. As far as PostgreSQL is concerned the database is SQL_ASCII
> > since you didn't override the default encoding at initdb time or at
> > createdb time.  You did choose LC_ values that seem to want KOI8, but
> > locale and encoding are separate, if you want KOI8 encoding, you have to
> > say so.
> 
> Yes, it is!

What apparently you haven't picked up yet is that the _locale_ is a
different and unrelated configuration setting from the _encoding_.
Sort order is locale related; you already got that one right.  Now you
need to go after the encoding.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"El destino baraja y nosotros jugamos" (A. Schopenhauer)


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