Re: Bug #676: lower(), upper(), & initcap() do not work on utf-8 chars

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Henry House <hajhouse(at)houseag(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bug #676: lower(), upper(), & initcap() do not work on utf-8 chars
Date: 2002-05-26 03:25:04
Message-ID: 2999.1022383504@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Henry House <hajhouse(at)houseag(dot)com> writes:
>> Unfortunately you didn't mention anything about your locale setup...

> The server locale is en_US.UTF-8. (At least I set it up as such when
> installing PostgreSQL; I know no way to verify.) The server version is 7.2.=
> 1,
> running on a IA32 and a DEC Alpha; both machines show the same behavior. Bo=
> th
> are Debian Linux. Perhaps the bug lies in the locale definition supplied by
> Debian?

Offhand I'd not necessarily expect an en_US locale to upcase/downcase
anything except a-z/A-Z. Perhaps you need to use a different locale.

I'd suggest taking this up with a locale expert, which I surely am
not.

regards, tom lane

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