Re: WIP patch: Collation support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: WIP patch: Collation support
Date
Msg-id 2801.1220382113@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: WIP patch: Collation support  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> And I think that's backwards. Why can we only use a feature once every
> OS out there implements it? We still run on systems that don't have SSL
> support. LC_TYPE settings are not portable between systems, yet that
> doesn't bother anyone. Why should we have a problem with collate
> settings not being portable?

If we're going to approach it that way, we need a syntax for CREATE
COLLATION that doesn't hard-wire what the possible collation modifiers
are.
        regards, tom lane


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