Re: [PATCHES] encoding names

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>, <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, <barry(at)xythos(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] encoding names
Date: 2001-08-24 19:29:06
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0108242127150.677-100000@peter.localdomain
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Tatsuo Ishii writes:

> > Maybe we should not touch getdatabaseencoding() right now, given that the
> > names we currently use are apparently almost correct anyway and
> > considering the pain it creates to alter them, and instead implement the
> > information schema views in the future?
>
> I thought schema stuffs would be introduced in 7.2 but apparently it
> would not happen...

True, but right now we'd have to do rather elaborate changes just to
switch a couple of names to "more correct" versions. Accepting them as
input is good, but maybe we should hold back on the output part a bit
until we can do it correctly.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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