Hello
I am just setting out on a new project, having recently switched to
PostgreSQL.
My immediate requirements would be satisfied with ISO-8859-1 (LATIN-1)
encoding, but it is conceivable that, if things go really well, somewhere in
the future my character encoding requirements will broaden.
So I am tempted to specify UNICODE form the outset, and be done with it.
But I cannot help wondering how much of a performance penalty this entails.
If the performance hit is not significant, I shall be happy to stick with
UNICODE.
But if anyone has any strong views (or experience) on this issue I shall be
very grateful for some feedback.
Many thanks.
Harry Mantheakis
London, UK