Re: Does postgresql support HKSCS ?

Hi Ang Chin Han,

Yes, HKSCS just an extension of Big5, if pgsql could support natively,
that is lovely. :-{}

Gordon

Ang Chin Han wrote:

> Dennis Gearon wrote:
>
>> Isn't HKSC one of the languages supported by UNICODE? I thought they
>> had every langauge past and present in it.
>
>
> You'll have to map HKSCS to UNICODE yourself before the data hits
> postgresql, and data out of postgresql would be in UNICODE, and up to
> you to convert back to HKSCS after retrival. pgsql doesn't have
> *native* HKSCS support.
>
> HKSCS is an extension of Big5 right? From the info we have:
>
> http://www.unicode.org/faq/unicode_iso.html
> http://www.info.gov.hk/digital21/eng/hkscs/download/big5-iso.txt
>
> We might be able to duplicate Big5's code in pgsql to support HKSCS
> natively.
>
> I don't have experience with HKSCS nor test materials to attempt it
> though.
>