Re: PostgreSQL 9.1 / Collations / case insensitive german sort order

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: BGoebel <b(dot)goebel(at)prisma-computer(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 9.1 / Collations / case insensitive german sort order
Date: 2011-06-21 14:40:14
Message-ID: 13521.1308667214@sss.pgh.pa.us
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BGoebel <b(dot)goebel(at)prisma-computer(dot)de> writes:
> I'm looking for a solution for managing case insensitive german charsets.
> I know this is an really "evergreen": Mller=MUELLER, like "Strae%", ...

> After studying the archive, i have not found a really simple solution.
> Using functions / functional indices is not what i'm looking for, I have to
> keep our software as compatible as possible with our old SQL database
> dialect. CITEXT is not usable with UTF-8 as I have read.

Dunno where you read that, but I don't believe it applies to the current
version of citext.

regards, tom lane

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