Re: BUG #1721: mutiple bytes character string comaprison

> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 1721
> Logged by: Chii-Tung Liu
> Email address: cdliou(at)mail(dot)cyut(dot)edu(dot)tw
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
> Operating system: Windows XP SP2
> Description: mutiple bytes character string comaprison error
> Details:
>
> When compare two UTF-8 encoded string that contains Chinese words, the
> result is always TRUE
> 1. create a database test with encoding set to unicode
> CREATE DATABASE test
> WITH OWNER = postgres
> ENCODING = 'UNICODE'
> TABLESPACE = pg_default;
> 2. insert data with Chinese words
> INSERT into node set title='1 中文'
>
> 3. SELECT title from node where title > '1.1 '
> would return '1 中文'
>
> 4. Both SELECT '1 中文' > '1.1' and SELECT '1.1' > '1 中文' return
> FALSE

I think you need to use C locale.
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Tatsuo Ishii