Re: Shouldn't non-MULTIBYTE backend refuse to start in MB database?

> Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> > Oh, I see. So the question still remains: can a MULTIBYTE-aware backend
> > ever use a sort order different from strcmp() order? (That is, not as
> > a result of LOCALE, but just because of the non-SQL-ASCII encoding.)
> >>
> >> According to the code, no, because varstr_cmp() doesn't pay attention to
> >> the multibyte status. Presumably strcmp() and strcoll() don't either.
>
> > Right.
>
> OK, so I guess this comes down to a judgment call: should we insert the
> check in the non-MULTIBYTE case, or not? I still think it's safest to
> do so, but I'm not sure what you want to do.
>
> regards, tom lane

I have discussed with Japanese hackers including Hiroshi of this
issue. We have reached the conclusion that your proposal is
appropreate and will make PostgreSQL more statble.
--
Tatsuo Ishii