Re: Unicode UTF-8 table formatting for psql text output

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Roger Leigh <rleigh(at)codelibre(dot)net>, "Brad T(dot) Sliger" <brad(at)sliger(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Selena Deckelmann <selenamarie(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Roger Leigh <rleigh(at)debian(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unicode UTF-8 table formatting for psql text output
Date: 2009-09-30 19:40:21
Message-ID: 5064.1254339621@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The way it works right now (and has worked for the last 5 years or
> more) is reliable, familiar, and, at least IME, bullet-proof. I don't
> even see a good case for changing the default, let alone not providing
> a way to retreat to the old behavior.

This is pretty much my opinion as well. I'd vote for requiring a switch
to turn it on. Those who really want the new behavior by default can
set it up in their .psqlrc.

regards, tom lane

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