Fw: Speed diff cause by multi-byte support

Reposting...

Sorry about being so insistent, but I'd really like to know! :-)

--Arsalan.

----- Original Message -----
From: Arsalan Zaidi <azaidi(at)directi(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 5:52 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] Speed diff cause by multi-byte support

> Hi.
>
> I read somewhere in the docs that turning on multi-byte support slows PG
> down.
>
> I was wondering. If I compile multi-byte support in and then use PG to
> access
> both a db initdb'ed with supprot for UNICODE and another one which uses
> plain
> ASCII, will there be a difference in speed between the two?
>
> Will PG run as normal with the ASCII db and slower with the UNICODE db or
> slower with both?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --Arsalan.
>
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