On 01/18/2014 09:31 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> Anybody who actually uses SHIFT_JIS as an operational encoding, rather
>> than as an input/output encoding, is into pain and suffering. Personally
>> I'd be quite happy to see it supported as client_encoding, but forbidden
>> as a server-side encoding. That's not the case right now - so since we
>> support it, we'd better guard against its quirks.
>
> I think that *is* the case right now. pg_wchar.h sayeth:
>
> /* followings are for client encoding only */
> PG_SJIS, /* Shift JIS
> (Winindows-932) */
> PG_BIG5, /* Big5 (Windows-950) */
> PG_GBK, /* GBK (Windows-936) */
Perfect - that makes ASCII-only just fine, IMO.
-- Craig Ringer http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services
