Re: Multiple character encodings within a single database/table? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Steve Atkins
Subject Re: Multiple character encodings within a single database/table?
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Msg-id FA5C1C16-84BD-4383-90F8-B4DEDC04A831@blighty.com
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In response to Multiple character encodings within a single database/table?  ("Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>)
Responses Re: Multiple character encodings within a single database/table?
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On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Dann Corbit wrote:

> If I have the C locale, can I have multiple character encodings
> within:
> 1.  A single database?
> 2.  A single table?

No.

>
> More specifically, I would like to be able to have Unicode columns and
> ASCII text columns within the same table.  Is this possible?  If so,
> how
> do I achieve it?

Any valid ascii string is also a valid utf8 string. You can probably
just use utf8 for everything.

Cheers,
   Steve


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