Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal: CREATE CONVERSION
Date: 2002-07-05 14:38:06
Message-ID: 10937.1025879886@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> Syntax proposal:
> CREATE CONVERSION <conversion name>
> SOURCE <source encoding name>
> DESTINATION <destination encoding name>
> FROM <conversion function name>

Doesn't a conversion currently require several support functions?
How much overhead will you be adding to funnel them all through
one function?

Basically I'd like to see a spec for the API of the conversion
function...

Also, is there anything in SQL99 that we ought to try to be
compatible with?

regards, tom lane

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