Re: using strxfrm for having multi locale/please vote for - Mailing list pgsql-patches

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >>> There are some things I think ICU can fix for us like indexing non-C
> >>> localed columns.
> >>
> >> Huh, we already do that, don't we?
>
> > Sorry, I meant LIKE index usage for non-C columns.  We can do that now
> > with a special LIKE indexing method, but this would allow normal indexes
> > to work.
>
> Sounds like pie in the sky to me.  Exactly how do you think that ICU
> will magically mask the fundamental semantic inconsistency?

I am hoping ICU will allow us to see the next greatest value for that
character.

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