Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level
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Msg-id 7808.1215524959@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
Responses Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level  (Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>)
Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
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Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM> writes:
> Martijn van Oosterhout napsal(a):
>> Not necessarily. pg_class is not shared yet without it you can't even
>> find pg_database. Same deal with pg_type. All it means is that
>> pg_collation in template1 must contain all the collations used in
>> template1, which shouldn't be hard to arrange.

> I think, Collation situation is different,

All the argument here is based on the premise that we should have
database-level collation specifications, which AFAICS is not required
nor suggested by the SQL spec.  I wonder why we are allowing a
nonstandard half-measure to drive our thinking, rather than solving the
real problem which is column-level collations.
        regards, tom lane


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