the specifics..
Some byte oriented protocols expect ASCII characters at the beginning of a
file.
If UTF-8 is used with these protocols, use of the BOM as encoding form
signature should be avoided.
M--
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trevor Talbot" <quension@gmail.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pgsql cannot read utf8 files moved from windows
correctly!
> On 12/23/07, Martin Gainty <mgainty@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > it seems the use of BOM in UTF-8 is discouraged
> > http://unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#BOM
>
> Where do you see it being discouraged?
>
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