Re: pgsql: Use ICU by default at initdb time. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: pgsql: Use ICU by default at initdb time.
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In response to Re: pgsql: Use ICU by default at initdb time.  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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On 10.03.23 15:38, Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-03-10 at 10:59 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> I think originally the locale forced the encoding.  With ICU, we have
>> a
>> choice.  We could either stick to the encoding suggested by the OS,
>> or
>> pick our own.
> 
> We still need LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to match the database encoding
> though. If we get those from the environment (which are connected to an
> encoding), then I think we need to get the encoding from the
> environment, too, right?

Yes, of course.  So we can't really do what I was thinking of.




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