Jaume Teixi writes:
> this c function from Patrice Hédé is the most appropiate tool for
> searching on an accent based language ?
> http://www.postgresql.org/mhonarc/pgsql-sql/1998-06/msg00119.html
Looks good to me.
> or should I use an implemented function inside postgres right now ?
The reason there is no such implementation, and probably won't be any time
soon, is that this tool would either have to hard-code or ignore natural
language semantics, neither of which would make it practical. Not all
languages have the same accent ignoring or accent folding rules or
conventions.
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