Re: get rid of SQL_ASCII?

From: "ktm(at)rice(dot)edu" <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: get rid of SQL_ASCII?
Date: 2013-09-05 17:26:52
Message-ID: 20130905172652.GC30496@aart.rice.edu
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On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 09:42:17AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Peter,
>
> > Other ideas? Are there legitimate uses for SQL_ASCII?
>
> Migrating from MySQL. We've had some projects where we couldn't fix
> MySQL's non-enforcement text garbage, and had to use SQL_ASCII on the
> receiving side. If it hadn't been available, the user would have given
> up on Postgres.
>
+++1 :)

Ken

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