Re: From latin9 to sql_ascii??

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jaime Casanova <systemguards(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: From latin9 to sql_ascii??
Date: 2004-12-17 21:21:49
Message-ID: 24173.1103318509@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jaime Casanova <systemguards(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> Why it not work on Latin9,

>> Probably because it hasn't got a table for Latin9.
>>
>> Feel free to contribute one --- see
>> src/backend/utils/adt/ascii.c.

> This page shows the differences between Latin1 &
> Latin9:
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/latin9.html

> The diffs are:

> 164: the euro symbol. (sql_ascii = 'E')???
> 166: an S with a symbol above (sql_ascii = 'S')
> 168: the same but lower case (sql_ascii = 's')
> 180: an Z with a symbol above (sql_ascii = 'Z')
> 184: the same but lower case (sql_ascii = 'z')
> 188: it's an O merge with an E (sql_ascii = '')???
> 189: the same but lower case (sql_ascii = '')???
> 190: an Y with a 2 points above (sql_ascii = 'Y')

> Comments?

Works for me. Anyone feel this is too big a change to push into 8.0?
Strictly speaking it's a new feature, but it sure looks harmless from
here.

Personally I'd say that the euro symbol should map to ' ' not 'E',
but am not set on that.

regards, tom lane

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