Re: Unicode support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Unicode support
Date
Msg-id FD8EC967-4472-4AF4-9A53-DE864D47D1C7@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Unicode support  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Unicode support  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
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On Apr 14, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>> I think there's a good case for some functions implementing the  
>> various
>> Unicode normalization functions, though.
>
> I have no objection to that so long as the code footprint is in line
> with the utility gain (i.e. not all that much).  If we have to bring  
> in
> ICU or something similar to make it happen, the cost/benefit ratio  
> looks
> pretty bad.

I've no idea what it would require, but the mapping table must be  
pretty substantial. Still, I'd love to have this functionality in the  
database.

Best,

David



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