Default Locale in initdb - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

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Subject Default Locale in initdb
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Msg-id 33578.64.119.142.34.1086198897.squirrel@mail.mohawksoft.com
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Re: Default Locale in initdb
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Is it me or has the default locale of created databases change at some point?

Currently, on Linux, if one does not specify a locale, the locale is taken
from the system environment and it is not "C."

While I can both sides of a discussion, I think that choosing a "locale"
without one being specified is a bad idea, even if it is the locale of the
machine. The reason why it is a bad idea is that certain features of the
database which only work correctly with a locale of "C" will not work by
default.




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