Re: convert(USING utf8_to_iso_8859_15) on Windows

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Pierre Thibaudeau" <pierdeux(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: convert(USING utf8_to_iso_8859_15) on Windows
Date: 2007-01-29 16:46:19
Message-ID: 11346.1170089179@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Pierre Thibaudeau" <pierdeux(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> My setup is as follows:
> PostgreSQL 8.2.1 on WindowsXP
> The database has UTF8 encoding.
> SHOW lc_ctype; gives: "French_Canada.1252"

I'm not sure about any Windows-specific issues, but in general it's a
really bad idea to be using lc_collate or lc_ctype that is incompatible
with the database encoding.

regards, tom lane

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