Re: initdb fails on Windows with encoding=LATIN1 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: initdb fails on Windows with encoding=LATIN1
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Msg-id 20090719111506.GB18698@svana.org
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In response to Re: initdb fails on Windows with encoding=LATIN1  ("Abraham, Danny" <danny_abraham@bmc.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 04:35:43AM -0500, Abraham, Danny wrote:
> We do need LATIN1.
>
> The error message is:
>
> initdb: encoding mismatch
> The encoding you selected (LATIN1) and the encoding that the
> selected locale uses (WIN1252) do not match.  This would lead to
> misbehavior in various character string processing functions.
> Rerun initdb and either do not specify an encoding explicitly,
> or choose a matching combination.

Given that WIN1252 is a superset of Latin-1, I'm not sure if this a
real problem. Does windows actually support Latin-1 only without
supporting Win-1251 at the same time?

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
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