Re: how to ignore accents? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Ennio-Sr
Subject Re: how to ignore accents?
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Msg-id 20050403162254.GA4069@deby.ei.hnet
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In response to Re: how to ignore accents?  (Ennio-Sr <nasr.laili@tin.it>)
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* Ennio-Sr <nasr.laili@tin.it> [020405, 18:45]:
>
> Sorry, I forgot to ask this in my previous post:
> Is there a better way to see all the codes used by postgres to map
> characters than trying them one by one?
> I mean: where should I look for to have a map similar to the one I get
> running (from a linux console):
> $ ascii     ????
>

[For the benefit of future dummies like me :-) ]
A simple 'apropos octal' revealed the arcane:
Postgres uses octal notation. You can see non ascii chars with:

$ man iso-8859-1

Sorry for the moise. Regards,
    Ennio.

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