Re: convert function

Hello

It's look like SQL_ASCII support diacritic chars now. First you have
to encode from bytea to text

postgres=# SELECT encode(convert('ján', 'UNICODE', 'SQL_ASCII'),'escape');
encode
--------
ján
(1 row)

you wont
postgres=# SELECT to_ascii(encode(convert_to('ján',
'latin2'),'escape'),'latin2');
to_ascii
----------
jan
(1 row)

Regards
Pavel Stehule

convert do conversion from text to bytea type. For diacritic
elimination use to_ascii function:

postgres=# select to_ascii(convert('Příliš žlutý kůň' using
utf8_to_iso_8859_2),'latin2');
to_ascii
------------------
Prilis zluty kun
(1 row)

On 12/12/2007, Jan Sunavec <jan(dot)sunavec(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have problem with "convert" function. Previous behaviour was
> SELECT convert('ján', 'UNICODE', 'SQL_ASCII');
> =======================================
> jan
>
> In postgresql 8.3 is quite new behaviour.
> SELECT convert('ján', 'UNICODE', 'SQL_ASCII');
> ======================================
> "j\241n"
>
> This, drives me crazy. I mean, this is not useable for non english
> country. I don't need convert to \241 characters. I understand that
> someone need this behavour. But there should be possibility switch to
> "normal" behaviour.
>
> John
>
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