| From: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
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| To: | "CSN" <cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Does PG Support Unicode on Windows? |
| Date: | 2005-11-17 09:00:54 |
| Message-ID: | 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE6C7BF1@algol.sollentuna.se |
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> Is there any truth to what this guy is saying?
Yes, some. But not much.
> > > On the other hand, Postgresql claims that "Windows
> does not support
> > > Unicode" and you can't have Unicode fields on
> postgresql on Windows.
> > > This is a big mistake. See:
> > >
> http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/faq/FAQ_windows.html
> > >
> > What do you mean "a big mistake"? By Microsoft? Or
> PostgreSQL?
We claim it doesn't support UTF8, and that is true. The misconception is in that PostgreSQL used to call UTF8 "UNICODE", with no discinctino. Windows suåpports UTF-16/UCCS-2.
That siad, we need to update the FAQ, because in 8.1 we *do* support unicode (UTF8) on win32. I'll go ahead and do that :)
//Magnus
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