Re: to_ascii()

Applied.

>
> to_ascii( text )
>
> - encode 'text' from database encoding to ASCII
>
> to_ascii('\256\341k')
>
>
> to_ascii( text, int4 )
>
> - encode 'text' from 'int4' encoding to ASCII
>
> to_ascii('\256\341k', 8)
>
>
> to_ascii( text, name )
>
> - encode 'text' from 'name' encoding to ASCII
>
> to_ascii('\256\341k', 'LATIN2')
>
>
> Now is supported LATIN1, LATIN2, WIN1250. For other character sets I
> haven't good resources. Add new encoding is easy...
>
> If encoding is not supported returns ERROR.
>
> Note --- not exists total corect conversion to ASCII, this function try
> convert chars those is _probably_ interpret-able in ASCII for
> others use ' '. But for example for all Czech characters it is
> sufficient ... hmm Chinese / JAP and other complicated langs have
> bad luck here :-(
>
> Karel
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