Re: UTF-8 and LIKE vs = - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David Wheeler
Subject Re: UTF-8 and LIKE vs =
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Msg-id 69A340E4-F558-11D8-990D-000A95972D84@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: UTF-8 and LIKE vs =  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Aug 23, 2004, at 3:59 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

>> But is it possible to store non-UTF-8 data in a UNICODE database?
>
> In theory not ... but I think there was a discussion earlier that
> concluded that our check for encoding validity is not airtight ...

Well, it it was mostly right, I wouldn't expect it to be a problem as
much as this issue is coming up for me. If, OTOH, the encoding validity
check leaks like a sieve, then I might indeed have a bigger problem.

Is the encoding check fixed in 8.0beta1?

Thanks,

David

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