Re: PostgreSQL Database cluster with multiple different locale

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mario Weilguni <mweilguni(at)sime(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Database cluster with multiple different locale
Date: 2005-04-18 22:06:32
Message-ID: 200504182206.j3IM6Wq26347@candle.pha.pa.us
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Mario Weilguni wrote:
> Am Freitag, 15. April 2005 17:57 schrieb Peter Eisentraut:
> > Mario Weilguni wrote:
> > > Is it possible to have a database cluster with one database being
> > > UNICODE/de_AT.utf and another having UNICODE/koi8.utf8 (or whatever)?
> >
> > No, sorry.
>
> Thanks for the reply. Does that mean it's simply impossible, or nobody has
> ever need such a beast?
>
> IMO it should be possible apply different locale settings after forking the
> backend, or am I wrong here?

Some people have asked for it, but because we have some global tables
like pg_shadow and pg_database, it is hard to change per database.

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