Re: BUG #1069: functions "lower()" and "upper()" not characterset-aware

From: InterZone <info(at)interzone(dot)gr>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: info(at)interzone(dot)gr, PostgreSQL Bugs List <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #1069: functions "lower()" and "upper()" not characterset-aware
Date: 2004-01-28 19:41:51
Message-ID: 4018107F.1060806@interzone.gr
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
>
>>the functions "lower()" and "upper()" do not seem to work correctly with
>>ISO_8859_7 values
>
>
>>CREATE DATABASE mediagrk WITH TEMPLATE = template0 ENCODING = 'ISO_8859_7';
>
> upper/lower are driven by the database locale, not the encoding.
>
> They are presently broken for multi-byte encodings, but I don't think
> ISO_8859_7 is multi-byte.

Well, ISO_8859_7 is not multi-byte, and you're right:
I had:
LC_COLLATE: C
LC_CTYPE: C

I tried
initdb -E ISO_8859_7 --locale=el_GR data1
and it all worked wonderfully.

>
> regards, tom lane

Thanks a lot and sorry for the false alarm.
Regards
Interzone

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