Re: COPY command character set

> Maybe the link might help?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/multibyte.html

That page is too generic; what would be helpful is a section in the doc for each command that is affected by I18N/L10N considerations, that identifies how that specific command behaves.

Now that I have grasped the behavior, I'm more than happy to edit the COPY doc page, if people think that would be helpful/worthwhile.

--
Peter Headland
Architect
Actuate Corporation

-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Klaver [mailto:aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net]
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:06
To: Peter Headland
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org; Tom Lane
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] COPY command character set

----- "Peter Headland" <pheadland(at)actuate(dot)com> wrote:

> > The COPY command reference page saith
> >
> > Input data is interpreted according to the current client
> encoding,
> > and output data is encoded in the the current client encoding,
> even
> > if the data does not pass through the client but is read from or
> > written to a file.
>
> Rats - I read the manual page twice and that didn't register on my
> feeble consciousness. I suspect that I didn't look beyond the word
> "client", since I knew I wasn't interested in client behavior and I
> was
> speed-reading. On the assumption that I am not uniquely stupid, maybe
> we
> could re-phrase this slightly, with a "for example", and add a
> heading
> "Localization"?
>
> As a general comment, I18N/L10N is a hairy enough topic that it
> merits
> its own heading in any commands where it is an issue.
>
> How about my suggestion to add a means (extend COPY syntax) to
> specify
> encoding explicitly and handle UTF lead bytes - would that be of
> interest?
>
> --
> Peter Headland
> Architect
> Actuate Corporation
>

>
> The COPY command reference page saith
>
> Input data is interpreted according to the current client
> encoding,
> and output data is encoded in the the current client encoding,
> even
> if the data does not pass through the client but is read from or
> written to a file.
>
> Seems clear enough to me.
>
> regards, tom lane

Maybe the link might help?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/multibyte.html

Adrian Klaver
aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net