Re: UTF8 conversion differences from v8.1.3 to v8.1.4 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: UTF8 conversion differences from v8.1.3 to v8.1.4
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Msg-id 24861.1153317814@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: UTF8 conversion differences from v8.1.3 to v8.1.4  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
Responses Re: UTF8 conversion differences from v8.1.3 to v8.1.4  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> Looking at the code it doesn't appear that there are too many places
> that are problematic.

Really?

The killer problem is that all datatype I/O goes through C strings.
Fixing this therefore would require breaking every user-defined
datatype on the planet.

            regards, tom lane

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