Thread: Re: pgAdmin2 Japanese display
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hiroshi Inoue [mailto:Inoue@tpf.co.jp] > Sent: 26 February 2002 05:51 > To: Dave Page > Cc: jm.poure@freesurf.fr; pgsql-odbc@postgresql.org; > pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] pgAdmin2 Japanese display > > > Dave Page wrote: > > > > Jean-Michel POURE allegedly said: > > > Le Lundi 25 F騅rier 2002 17:19, Hiroshi Inoue a 馗rit : > > >> SET CLIENT_ENCODING to 'SJIS' > > >> Strictly speaking, you need a multibyte psqlodbc driver > > >> to handle SJIS(Shift Jis) properly. > > > > > > 2) Is the multibyte psqlodbc driver a separate driver? > What are the > > > settings to switch odbc to SJIS? > > > > Yes it is - it's not the one we distribute from > odbc.postgresql.org or > > with pgAdmin. > > > > Hiroshi, will the multibyte version work OK with Latin encodings? I > > suppose what I'm asking is, should we distribute the > multibyte version > > by default or would it break things for people that are not using > > multibyte encodings? > > According to Eiji Tokuya who introduced the multibyte > support, the multibyte version has no problem with single > byte encodings. Would you have any objections if we only distributed that version from now on then? BTW, I assume it would compile *properly* on a non-multibyte system... or not? Regards, Dave.
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Dave Page wrote: > > > > According to Eiji Tokuya who introduced the multibyte > > support, the multibyte version has no problem with single > > byte encodings. > > Would you have any objections if we only distributed that version from now > on then? > > BTW, I assume it would compile *properly* on a non-multibyte system... or > not? Perhaps a beta test run would be in order? ie. "anyone reading this, please try out the multibyte version" Simply to decrease the possiblity if unseen problems.. -Cedar
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Page [mailto:dpage@vale-housing.co.uk] > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hiroshi Inoue [mailto:Inoue@tpf.co.jp] > > > > Dave Page wrote: > > > > > > Hiroshi, will the multibyte version work OK with Latin encodings? I > > > suppose what I'm asking is, should we distribute the > > multibyte version > > > by default or would it break things for people that are not using > > > multibyte encodings? > > > > According to Eiji Tokuya who introduced the multibyte > > support, the multibyte version has no problem with single > > byte encodings. > > Would you have any objections if we only distributed that version from now > on then? No. > BTW, I assume it would compile *properly* on a non-multibyte system... or > not? It would compile properly but the binary may be ineffective unless it is compiled on a multibyte system strangely. regards, Hiroshi Inoue