| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Janet Bagg <J(dot)Bagg(at)kent(dot)ac(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: settings for multi-language unicode DB |
| Date: | 2005-11-24 04:35:45 |
| Message-ID: | 200511240435.jAO4ZjY26831@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Janet Bagg wrote:
> Please could somebody give me advice on settings for PGSQL with a database
> with UTF-8 strings in a large number of languages? I've had no problems so
> far in storing/retrieving UTF-8 strings but can't find clear answers to
> other issues.
>
> What locale would be best for sorting this dataset? Does it have to be the
> same as the one set for the OS (these seem very limited for Solaris)?
Yes, right now PostgreSQL uses the operating system to do locale
ordering. That might change in a future release.
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