Thread: Does initdb -e is working ? (Latest dev. snapshot)
Probably I miss something I tried latest snapshot and notice some changes in configure. Everything went smoothly on my Linux 2.2.14, glic 2.1.2 system. One problem: I tried initdb -e koi8 and it doesn't works - all databases I have are in SQL_ASCII encodingDatabase | Owner | Encoding -----------+----------+-----------discovery | postgres | SQL_ASCIItemplate1 | postgres | SQL_ASCIItest | postgres |SQL_ASCII createdb -E koi8 works as expected: createdb -E koi8 aa CREATE DATABASE zen:~$ psql -l List of databasesDatabase | Owner | Encoding -----------+----------+-----------aa | postgres | KOI8discovery | postgres | SQL_ASCIItemplate1 | postgres | SQL_ASCIItest | postgres | SQL_ASCII I found -e for initdb , -E for createdb options for specifying encoding a little bit confused - why not just use one of them ! Is't possible to change encoding of database except dump/destroydb/createdb cycle ? Is't worth to have pg_encoding to do this ? Regards, Oleg _____________________________________________________________ Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia) Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
> Probably I miss something
> I tried latest snapshot and notice some changes in configure.
> Everything went smoothly on my Linux 2.2.14, glic 2.1.2 system.
>
> One problem: I tried initdb -e koi8 and it doesn't works -
Because someone has changed -e to -E.
> I found -e for initdb , -E for createdb options for specifying encoding a
> little bit confused - why not just use one of them !
So now both initdb and createdb use -E as you expect. I think this is
a good thing.
> Is't possible to change encoding of database except dump/destroydb/createdb
> cycle ? Is't worth to have pg_encoding to do this ?
update pg_database set encoding = pg_char_to_encoding('KOI8');
should work for you. However I'm a little bit worried about the
syscache staffs. It would be safer to shutdown postmaster then issue
the update command from standalone postgres.
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Tatsuo Ishii
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 20:32:43 +0900
> From: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>
> To: oleg@sai.msu.su
> Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Does initdb -e is working ? (Latest dev. snapshot)
>
> > Probably I miss something
> > I tried latest snapshot and notice some changes in configure.
> > Everything went smoothly on my Linux 2.2.14, glic 2.1.2 system.
> >
> > One problem: I tried initdb -e koi8 and it doesn't works -
>
> Because someone has changed -e to -E.
OK. this is good if we have now similar option,
I suggest Peter should reflect this change in initdb --help
Usage: initdb [options] datadir
Options: [-D, --pgdata] <datadir> Location for this database -W, --pwprompt Prompt for a password for
thenew superuser's -e, --encoding <encoding> Set the default multibyte encoding for new databases ^^^
>
> > I found -e for initdb , -E for createdb options for specifying encoding a
> > little bit confused - why not just use one of them !
>
> So now both initdb and createdb use -E as you expect. I think this is
> a good thing.
>
> > Is't possible to change encoding of database except dump/destroydb/createdb
> > cycle ? Is't worth to have pg_encoding to do this ?
>
> update pg_database set encoding = pg_char_to_encoding('KOI8');
>
> should work for you. However I'm a little bit worried about the
> syscache staffs. It would be safer to shutdown postmaster then issue
> the update command from standalone postgres.
Thanks, it works fine.
Regards, Oleg
> --
> Tatsuo Ishii
>
>
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>
_____________________________________________________________
Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
On 2000-01-29, Oleg Bartunov mentioned: > One problem: I tried initdb -e koi8 and it doesn't works - > createdb -E koi8 works as expected: > I found -e for initdb , -E for createdb options for specifying encoding a > little bit confused - why not just use one of them ! That's exactly why initdb uses -E as well now. But I see now it doesn't reject invalid args because it interprets them as data directory. Will fix. Next time: initdb -? or initdb --help. > Is't possible to change encoding of database except dump/destroydb/createdb > cycle ? Is't worth to have pg_encoding to do this ? pg_encoding is just a tools that maps encoding names to codes and vice versa. -- Peter Eisentraut Sernanders väg 10:115 peter_e@gmx.net 75262 Uppsala http://yi.org/peter-e/ Sweden
On 2000-01-29, Peter Eisentraut mentioned: > On 2000-01-29, Oleg Bartunov mentioned: > > > One problem: I tried initdb -e koi8 and it doesn't works - > > > createdb -E koi8 works as expected: > > > I found -e for initdb , -E for createdb options for specifying encoding a > > little bit confused - why not just use one of them ! > > That's exactly why initdb uses -E as well now. But I see now it doesn't > reject invalid args because it interprets them as data directory. Will > fix. > > Next time: initdb -? or initdb --help. Sorry, I just noticed that the help is wrong. -- Peter Eisentraut Sernanders väg 10:115 peter_e@gmx.net 75262 Uppsala http://yi.org/peter-e/ Sweden