Re: [SQL] psql on FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 and greek (iso8859-7) chars - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Achilleus Mantzios
Subject Re: [SQL] psql on FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 and greek (iso8859-7) chars
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0211211650110.22779-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com
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In response to Re: [SQL] psql on FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 and greek (iso8859-7) chars  (Ian Barwick <barwick@gmx.net>)
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On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Ian Barwick wrote:

> On Thursday 21 November 2002 12:38, Achilleus Mantzios wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I noticed that psql on FreeBSD (i checked also fbsd 4.5 with pgsql port
> > installed)
> > does not accept 8bit iso8859-* chars > 128 (where the greek chars are).
> >
> > In linux that works ok, and i can update/insert/select values
> > using greek strings.
> >
> > I know it must be a fbsd/locale issue
>
> It is.

Thats right.

Just a
setenv LANG el_GR.ISO8859-7
did the trick.

However i noticed that ANY LANG value whould do.
libc (or glibc in linux) just need LANG not to be empty.

>
> HTH
>
> Ian Barwick
> barwick@gmx.net
>
>

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