Re: strcoll_l an new approach for locale per column - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: strcoll_l an new approach for locale per column
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Msg-id 4339.1103732356@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to strcoll_l an new approach for locale per column  (Mahmoud Taghizadeh <m_taghi@yahoo.com>)
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Mahmoud Taghizadeh <m_taghi@yahoo.com> writes:
> as far as I investigate the glibc code, I found some
> extention function such as strcol_l and strxfrm_l that
> let you to pass locale to them. so you dont have to
> change locale repeatedly.

Sorry, but depending on glibc-only functionality is a non-starter.
We run on many platforms that use other libc implementations.
Anything not standardized by the Single Unix Spec isn't even worth
suggesting...
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/
        regards, tom lane


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