Re: SQL_ASCII encoding

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: CSN <cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SQL_ASCII encoding
Date: 2003-11-05 22:42:58
Message-ID: 14140.1068072178@sss.pgh.pa.us
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CSN <cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> What exactly is the "SQL_ASCII" encoding for
> databases?

We interpret it pretty much as "we don't know the encoding". We store
what the client sends and then regurgitate it, without any encoding
conversion in either direction. Internal operations only understand
7-bit-ASCII characters in this mode.

regards, tom lane

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