Re: Can you check in SQL if a fields can be encoded using specified charset

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: paul_t100(at)fastmail(dot)fm
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can you check in SQL if a fields can be encoded using specified charset
Date: 2010-11-17 20:55:49
Message-ID: m2vd3vpt4a.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Paul Taylor <paul_t100(at)fastmail(dot)fm> writes:

> Is there a function that can say whether a textvalue can be encoded in a
> particular charset

See convert() and friends here:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/functions-string.html#FUNCTIONS-STRING-OTHER

That will issue an error when the text can't be converted, but you could
have a plpgsql function catching the exception for you and returning
false. Won't be very fast, but will do the job.

Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

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