Re: Character set conversion

On Mon, July 21, 2008 10:16 am, Tom Lane wrote:

> It wouldn't be too hard if you don't mind running a custom Postgres
> build; but if you do, then the best answer might be to cannibalize one of
> the existing encoding names and just replace its conversion procedures.

Actually, I'd recommend not doing that. Instead, put in your encoding as
a new encoding, and send a diff of your changes to the Postgres team. I
bet next release it would be a supported encoding, and you would be able
to upgrade without any issues...

Daniel T. STaal

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