Re: [HACKERS] Postgres 6.5 beta2 and beta3 problem

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)trust(dot)ee>
Cc: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>, ZEUGSWETTER Andreas IZ5 <Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at>, "'hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Postgres 6.5 beta2 and beta3 problem
Date: 1999-06-10 00:54:38
Message-ID: 199906100054.UAA14722@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks for explanations. It would be great if I could specify for specific
> > columns if it needs locale. For now I have to pay decreasing in speed
> > just to enable locale for the only column of one database !!!
> > I always dream to be able to specify on fly 'SET LOCALE to ON|OFF'
> > It's a bit separate problem, but probably more easy to implement.
>
> Actually the locale should be part of field definition (like length and
> precision currently are) with default of ascii.
>
> And also it may be probably safest to maintain our own locale defs (as
> Oracle
> currently does)so that things don't break if somebody changes the system
> ones.

Added to TODO:

* Allow LOCALE on a per-column basis, default to ASCII

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