Re: [PATCHES] locale changes

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] locale changes
Date: 2000-07-21 00:46:10
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0007210200520.640-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Karel Zak writes:

> ... and SET LOCALE can be used for specific routines only.

I don't think that locale should be a session parameter ever. The locale
information is naturally associated with the stored data (i.e., what
language is the text). If you're talking about currency display then it's
even worse, unless you're proposing on the fly conversion.

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