Re: Inconsistent Conversion Names

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Inconsistent Conversion Names
Date: 2002-09-19 17:57:06
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0209191955490.1307-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Tatsuo Ishii writes:

> The conversion named "SJIS" is different from IANA's "shift_jis". It
> actually matches "Windows-31J" in IANA, which is too ugly to being
> emploied as our conversion name, IMO.

OK

> I agree with win1250 -> windows_1250, win1251 -> windows_1251, but do
> not agree with renaming win866. There's no windows_866 in IANA. Maybe
> that should be "ibm866"?

Is it ibm866 or are you wondering yourself?

> Someone said that the conversion table is actually koi8r + koi8u,
> being different from IANA's koi8_r. Not sure though.

I found mention in the archives by Oleg B. that it is in fact koi8_r.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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