Re: [HACKERS] Locale support broken in latest snapshots

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: phd2(at)earthling(dot)net
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Locale support broken in latest snapshots
Date: 2000-02-28 14:48:28
Message-ID: 25232.951749308@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Oleg Broytmann <phd(at)phd(dot)russ(dot)ru> writes:
> In the snapshot of 21 Feb locale support have been broken. "SELECT *
> FROM table ORDER BY name" returns rows in wrong order; "SELECT * FROM table
> WHERE name ~* re" performs case-sensitive match.

Ugh.

> I remember Tatsuo once fixed case-sensitiveness by replacing char with
> "unsigned char". Should I teach my gcc to always use unsigned chars?

No, that's not a solution (since it's not available to non-gcc users).
We need to find the coding error and fix it.

However, if you can try that as a test to see if it fixes the behavior,
please do; knowing whether it does will help narrow down what the bug
could be.

regards, tom lane

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