Re: BUG #5869: postgresql corrupts unquoted non-ascii chars in column aliases - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From David Schmitt
Subject Re: BUG #5869: postgresql corrupts unquoted non-ascii chars in column aliases
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Msg-id 4D6FC701.1070407@dasz.at
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In response to Re: BUG #5869: postgresql corrupts unquoted non-ascii chars in column aliases  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 03.03.2011 16:08, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:19 AM, David Schmitt<david@dasz.at>  wrote:
>> Example query:
>>
>>   SELECT column as zurück FROM table;
>>
>> results in corruption of the "ü" (umlaut u). This causes Npgsql to fail to
>> match up the columns in the result set (see
>> http://pgfoundry.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1010988&group_id=1000140&atid=
>> 590) and pgadminIII doesn't display the alias in the result pane.
>
> That link doesn't show anything interesting when I look at it.  What
> exactly do you mean by corrupted?

There are some garbage bytes instead of the umlaut.

>> The same query works with the same tools against a 8.4.5 running on Debian
>> squeeze.
>>
>> If the alias is quoted like this:
>>
>>   SELECT column as "zurück" FROM table;
>>
>> the query also works against the DB running on windows.
>>
>> PS: I tried downloading the newest version of the one click installer for
>> windows from EnterpriseDB, and noticed that since recently that site
>> requires a registration :-(
>
> I think this has been fixed.  Please let me know if not.

I presume there is a new 8.4.5 version at enterprisedb.com ? I'll have a
look at it later.



Best Regards, David
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