Re: MSSQL to PostgreSQL : Encoding problem - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: MSSQL to PostgreSQL : Encoding problem
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Msg-id 20061122204247.GC21605@svana.org
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In response to Re: MSSQL to PostgreSQL : Encoding problem  ("Brandon Aiken" <BAiken@winemantech.com>)
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 01:55:55PM -0500, Brandon Aiken wrote:
> Gee, didn't Unicode just so simplify this codepage mess?  Remember
> when it was just ASCII, EBCDIC, ANSI, and localized codepages?

I think that's one reason why Unix has standardised on UTF-8 rather
than one of the other Unicode variants. For transmission between
systems it's the easiest to get right...

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.

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