Re: BUG #1775: UTF8 to ISO does not convert the german "sharp s" (ß )

From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Marcus Raphelt" <marcus(at)raphelt(dot)de>
Subject: Re: BUG #1775: UTF8 to ISO does not convert the german "sharp s" (&szlig; )
Date: 2005-07-19 20:40:55
Message-ID: 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE0945F0@algol.sollentuna.se
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> > PostgreSQL 8.0 does not support UTF8 on Win32. You will need to
> > convert the file before you load it into the database - look at for
> > example the GNU iconv program to do this.
>
> PostgreSQL does not support UTF8 locales on Windows, but the
> character conversion should work the same on all platforms,
> shouldn't it?

I thought that was also handled in the locale code. But now that you say
it, it's probably not - it should be the same.
I'll withdraw my comment then, clearly wrong. Thanks for clearing that
up.

//Magnus

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