| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | ldm(at)apartia(dot)ch |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: dangers of setlocale() in backend (was: problem with float8 input format) |
| Date: | 2000-08-12 17:10:01 |
| Message-ID: | 23129.966100201@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Louis-David Mitterrand <cunctator(at)apartia(dot)ch> writes:
>> IMPORTANT: changing the backend's locale on-the-fly is an EXTREMELY
>> DANGEROUS thing to do, and I strongly recommend that you find another
>> way to solve your problem.
> The "problem" I am trying to solve is to send e-mail notifications to
> auction bidders in their own language with the proper number formatting,
> etc. From what you are saying I'll probably have to move these
> notifications to the mod_perl layer of the application.
Well, you could fork a subprocess to issue the mail and change locale
only once you're safely inside the subprocess.
regards, tom lane
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