Re: Multibyte FAQ item

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Jani Averbach <jaa(at)cc(dot)jyu(dot)fi>, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Multibyte FAQ item
Date: 2001-09-26 04:22:05
Message-ID: 29573.1001478125@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> This really comes down to the point that multibyte, unicode, and locale
> should be the defaults. People generally object to this on performance
> grounds, but that reminds me of the saying, "I can make this code
> arbitrarily fast if it doesn't have to give the right answer."

A fair point ...

> Nor do I believe these claims, btw.

Has anyone done any measurements of performance with/without these
options? I know I haven't.

regards, tom lane

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