Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] UTF support in WIN32 native and Lower/Upper in 7.5 release

From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: <newsy(at)lewczuk(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] UTF support in WIN32 native and Lower/Upper in 7.5 release
Date: 2003-12-17 02:23:03
Message-ID: 1175.24.211.141.25.1071627783.squirrel@www.dunslane.net
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Bruce Momjian said:
> Marek Lewczuk wrote:
>> I'm looking at "TODO list for PostgreSQL" and "Fix upper()/lower() to
>> work for multibyte encodings" has no dash (-) -- so it won't be made
>> in 7.5 ?
>>
>> Another question is about WIN32 native release - currently, all win
>> users cannot set locales, becouse Cygwin does not support it -- I hope
>> that it will be solved in native release, so UTF-8 should work as
>> well ??
>>
>> Just wanted to know how to plan my further work. Thanks.
>
> Not sure. CC'ing the win32 list.
>

No dash against an item doesn't mean it won't be done for 7.5, just that
nobody apparently has yet. If you want to do it then go for it ;-)

I believe he native W32 libraries support locales except for one setting -
I forget which (possibly LC_MESSAGES?).

cheers

andrew

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