| From: | Alban Hertroys <dalroi(at)solfertje(dot)student(dot)utwente(dot)nl> |
|---|---|
| To: | Andrus <kobruleht2(at)hot(dot)ee> |
| Cc: | "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "Thom Brown" <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: How to find correct locale name for CREATE DATABASE |
| Date: | 2010-12-01 18:49:55 |
| Message-ID: | 1AAEE4CE-FA98-4C20-991D-F37A07B5EA88@solfertje.student.utwente.nl |
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On 1 Dec 2010, at 15:15, Andrus wrote:
>> There is no portable operating system interface to get the names of all
>> locales.
>
> Thank you.
> Why postgres does not use conditional directives like
>
> #ifdef WINDOWS
> ...
> #endif
>
> #ifdef LINUX
> ..
> #endif
>
> to return list of available locales ?
Because, as opposed to the developers of the projects that you're apparently familiar with, the Postgres developers have common sense ;)
Seriously though, functionality like that has no place in a database server. That's the responsibility of the OS, or if it lacks in that respect, for third-party tools.
Alban Hertroys
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