Re: NLS on MSVC strikes back!

Hi

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Table 9-22.
TM prefix translation mode (print localized day and month names based on lc_messages)
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http://winpg.jp/~saito/pg_work/NLS_TO_CHAR_JP.png
But, Although Japanese is out of condition....

Does the fundamental specification change?

Regards,
Hiroshi Saito

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>

> Gevik Babakhani wrote:
>> I have compiled 8.3 (CVS HEAD) with NLS on a XP box. But it seems that NLS
>> support is broke.
>> Could someone please confirm this.
>
> What I can confirm is that lc_messages is supposed to work for to_char,
> because it shows the localized output for me as I change lc_messages;
> and it doesn't if I change lc_time.
>
> In any case,
>
>> Gevik=# show lc_messages ;
>> lc_messages
>> ----------------------------
>> English_United States.1252
>> (1 row)
>>
>> Gevik=#
>> Gevik=# set lc_messages TO 'de_DE.utf8';
>> SET
>
> I wonder if this is really valid. Shouldn't you be using a locale name
> like 'German_Germany.65001' or some such? I thought Windows did not
> recognize the de_DE.utf8 form of names. Perhaps it failed to raise an
> error here? It does for me:
>
> alvherre=# set lc_time to 'fr_CA.utf8';
> SET
> alvherre=# set lc_time to 'de_DE.utf8';
> ERROR: valor no válido para el parámetro «lc_time»: «de_DE.utf8»
>
> Suffice to say I don't have the de_DE locale installed.
>
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