Re: [SQL] psql on FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 and greek (iso8859-7) chars

From: Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>
To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] psql on FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p2 and greek (iso8859-7) chars
Date: 2002-11-21 22:38:13
Message-ID: m31y5e36f6.fsf@conexa.fciencias.unam.mx
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Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that psql on FreeBSD (i checked also fbsd 4.5 with pgsql port
> installed)
> does not accept 8bit iso8859-* chars > 128 (where the greek chars are).
>
> In linux that works ok, and i can update/insert/select values
> using greek strings.
>
> I know it must be a fbsd/locale issue, but it would be nice
> if someone knew something about it.

If pgsql is using readline adding

set meta-flag on
set convert-meta off
set output-meta on

to /etc/inputrc or ~/.inputrc could help. See readline(3).

Regards,
Manuel.

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