Re: Path case sensitivity on windows

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Path case sensitivity on windows
Date: 2009-04-02 14:38:27
Message-ID: 20699.1238683107@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> It depends on tolower(), which is going to have LC_CTYPE-dependent
>> behavior, which is surely wrong?

> Or are you just saying we should be using pg_tolower()? (which I forgot
> about yet again)

Well, I'd be happier with pg_tolower, because I know what it does.
But the real question here is what does "case insensitivity" on
file names actually mean in Windows --- ie, what happens to non-ASCII
letters?

regards, tom lane

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