Re: [HACKERS] Multibyte in autoconf

From: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Multibyte in autoconf
Date: 1999-12-09 01:04:01
Message-ID: 384F0001.91E17222@tpf.co.jp
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> On 1999-12-08, Tatsuo Ishii mentioned:
>
> > 1) initdb with no encoding augument (suppose that SQL_ASCII is set as
> > the default encoding in template1)
> >
> > 2) a user creates a database with no encoding augument. he thought
> > that the default encoding is EUC_JP.
>
> Why would the user think that? Can't he check if he's not sure? Call his
> db admin? Or did the db admin mess up the initdb?
>

As a Japanese,I don't want to specify an encoding for every initdb.
There are few selections except --with-mb=EUC_JP in Japan.
Isn't it preferable that PostgreSQL doesn't need an excellent db
admin ?

I do initdb frequently in current tree.

Regards.

Hiroshi Inoue
Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp

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