Re: SQL_ASCII vs. 7-bit ASCII encodings

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SQL_ASCII vs. 7-bit ASCII encodings
Date: 2005-05-12 07:55:38
Message-ID: 200505120955.38847.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2005 04:42 schrieb Oliver Jowett:
> I suppose that we can't change the semantics of SQL_ASCII without
> backwards compatibility problems. I wonder if introducing a new encoding
> that only allows 7-bit ascii, and making that the default, is the way to
> go.

In 8.0, the de facto default encoding is no longer SQL_ASCII, so that problem
should go away over time. Certainly, making 7-bit ASCII the default encoding
is not an option.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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