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From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: jm(at)poure(dot)com
Cc: Hiroshi Saito <saito(at)inetrt(dot)skcapi(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re:
Date: 2003-10-01 18:21:31
Message-ID: 3F7B1B2B.8040402@pse-consulting.de
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Jean-Michel POURE wrote:

>Le Mercredi 1 Octobre 2003 20:05, Andreas Pflug a écrit :
>
>
>>This is not a bug of PostgreSQL, nor of pgAdmin.
>>SQL_ASCII database *should* contain only 7bit ascii characters. If you
>>use 8-bit characters, conversion is unpredictable (well, it *is*
>>predictable, but probably not what you'd like to see)
>>
>>
>
>IMHO, SQL_ASCII database contain more than 7bit characters. I used it several
>times to store Frenc accentuated text and it worked like a charm. The name
>"ASCII" may not be well chosen. It contains more than ASCII presently.
>
>
>
It's no problem storing non-UTF characters in an UNICODE database
either, you will never notice until you try to convert.
Misusing the database is not a good idea on the long run.

Regards,
Andreas

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