Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Radek Strnad <radek(dot)strnad(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [WIP] patch - Collation at database level
Date: 2008-07-08 14:31:44
Message-ID: 8601.1215527504@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM> writes:
> ... And of course shared tables need also collation for their indexes.

No, they don't, because the only textual indexes on shared catalogs are
on "name" columns, which are intentionally not locale aware, and
wouldn't be collation aware either.

regards, tom lane

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