Re: pgsql 8.0 beta1 patch for token and timezone - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pgsql 8.0 beta1 patch for token and timezone
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Msg-id 200408290313.i7T3Dc906587@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to pgsql 8.0 beta1 patch for token and timezone  ("Zhong Jacky" <jackyzhongxp@msn.com>)
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I do not see a patch.  Did you forget to attach it?

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Zhong Jacky wrote:
> Hi pgsql-bugs,
>
>    I'm a Chinese and I am using WinXp Chs to compile pgsql 8.0 beta 1
> in the MinGW environment. I found 2 bugs and fix them, maybe you can
> merge the patch into the offical release, thanks.
>
>    Part A) Below is the two bugs occur when we run initdb under WinXp Chs.
>
>    1) FATAL:  syntax error in file "E:/Unix/Sys/Pgsql/data/postgresql.conf"
>
> line 261, near token "s"
>
>       Reason: the string 'Chinese_People's Republic of China.936' should be
> 'Chinese_People\'s Republic of China.936', otherwise token mismatch. Plese
> remember the regular expression like sed and awk under Unix.
>
>       Patch: I wrote a function to detect ' in string and insert a \ symbol
>
>    2) WARNING:  could not find a match for Windows timezone "??????"
>
>       Reason: "??????" is the string stands for "China Standard
> Time",
> which shows in Chinese language.
>
>       Patch: use a scanzone() function to find and convert timezone to the
> English string in win32_tzmap[]. I can fix only Chinese because I only have
> WinXp Chs operating system, people can fix others in similar way.
>
>    Part B) You can visit these 2 websites for more detail and get patch.
>    1) http://blog.csdn.net/chaoyuebetter/archive/2004/08/13/73785.aspx
>    2) http://www.smth.edu.cn/bbsgcon.php?board=NewSoftware&num=2548
>
>    Part C) The patch is based on snap0812, but can work on snap0825, etc.
>
> Regards,
> Jacky
>
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