Re: A postgreSQL question

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From: for email <victor_v(at)permonline(dot)ru>
Subject: A postgreSQL question
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:56:35 +0600

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> ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org
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> Hello Tatsuo Ishii!
>
> At first, I'm sorry for my bad English.
> At second, I'm very thank you for Cyrillic support in PostgreSQL. This
> is good and useful work.
>
> While changing PostgreSQL 6.5.3 to 7.0.2 version I have some problem.
>
> In 6.5.3 version, I compiled PostgreSQL with --with-mb=KOI8 and
> --enable-locale keywords. Then I'm created base with "createdb -E KOI8"
> (abstract, file README.locale consists error: "-e" key is not vaild, we
> must to use "-E" key instead). With these keywords, my base was been
> storage in UNICODE, but psql worked fine in KOI8-R encoding and Windows
> Client (Delphi program) worked with WIN1251 encoding
> (because PGCLIENTENCODING='win').
>
> Now, I do same, but my Windows Client is confuse. I see, my base is
> storaged in KOI8-R encoding. I'm read documentation and create
> my base in UNICODE, but Windows Client is confuse again. In README.mb
> wrote: "A automatic encoding translation between Unicode
> and any other encodings is not supported (yet)".
>
> I don't understand. So, in 6.5.3 version this translation was been, but
> in 7.0.2 version this translation is not supported? Is this "upgrade"? ;)

This is really odd. Since 6.5.3 does not have the capability to do a
converison between Unicode and other encodings. How did you submit
UNICODE data into your KOI8 database on 6.5.3? Can you show me your
example UNICODE data actually stored in the database on 6.5.3?
od -x output is preferable. I don't understand Cyrillic anyway:-)

> Well! When the translation will be released?

Not decided yet...
--
Tatsuo Ishii