Re: Default Locale in initdb

Just because it is not new does not mean that it is good.

When this new behavior was introduced, and I migrated our databases to
the new PgSQL version (dump/restore), the locale of all my databases
were silently changed from C to US_en. This broke one application in a
very subtle way because of slightly different sort behavior in the
different locale. Tracking it down was quite tricky.

PgSQL was just a little too helpful in this case.

Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com wrote:
>
>> Is it me or has the default locale of created databases change at some
>> point?
>>
>> Currently, on Linux, if one does not specify a locale, the locale is
>> taken
>> from the system environment and it is not "C."
>>
>> While I can both sides of a discussion, I think that choosing a "locale"
>> without one being specified is a bad idea, even if it is the locale of
>> the
>> machine. The reason why it is a bad idea is that certain features of the
>> database which only work correctly with a locale of "C" will not work by
>> default.
>
> This is not new behaviour.
>
> (Why are you the only person who posts here who is nameless?)
>
> cheers
>
> andrew

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