Re: BUG #5869: postgresql corrupts unquoted non-ascii chars in column aliases

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:19 AM, David Schmitt <david(at)dasz(dot)at> wrote:
> Example query:
>
>  SELECT column as zurück FROM table;
>
> results in corruption of the "ü" (umlaut u). This causes Npgsql to fail to
> match up the columns in the result set (see
> http://pgfoundry.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1010988&group_id=1000140&atid=
> 590) and pgadminIII doesn't display the alias in the result pane.

That link doesn't show anything interesting when I look at it. What
exactly do you mean by corrupted?

> The same query works with the same tools against a 8.4.5 running on Debian
> squeeze.
>
> If the alias is quoted like this:
>
>  SELECT column as "zurück" FROM table;
>
> the query also works against the DB running on windows.
>
> PS: I tried downloading the newest version of the one click installer for
> windows from EnterpriseDB, and noticed that since recently that site
> requires a registration :-(

I think this has been fixed. Please let me know if not.

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