Re: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Itagaki Takahiro
Subject Re: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes)
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Msg-id AANLkTim8FEmwGC3O_bzJ=QuMpeqmC3shda=TWX+oMOOb@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Extensions, patch v20 (bitrot fixes)  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 01:34, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I agree that "the default encoding is UTF-8", but it should be
>> configurable by the 'encoding' parameter in control files.
>
> Why is it necessary to have such a parameter at all?

UTF-8 is not a superset of all encodings.

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Itagaki Takahiro


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