Re: Foreign character struggles

From: Roberto Mello <rmello(at)cc(dot)usu(dot)edu>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tim Perdue <tim(at)perdue(dot)net>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Foreign character struggles
Date: 2002-10-25 14:52:27
Message-ID: 20021025145226.GB28716@cc.usu.edu
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 10:37:59AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>
> I think this is a locale issue, not a character set issue. You
> definitely need --enable-locale, but I doubt you need either of the
> above (unless you need to deal with Unicode or Far-Eastern languages).

Where is the procedure for working with i18n'd characters described in the
documentation? I'm looking for something that mentions the specifics of
locale interaction and all that.

I ask because the sort of question Tim asked is a recurrent one in a
portuguese PostgreSQL mailing list I subscribe to.

Thanks,

-Roberto

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