Re: possible TODOs

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: possible TODOs
Date: 2007-02-09 16:28:03
Message-ID: 45CCA113.8090701@dunslane.net
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Freitag, 9. Februar 2007 16:45 schrieb Andrew Dunstan:
>
>> . provide encode() for text values in addition to current bytea
>> . proved cast from text to bytea
>>
>
> I'm not sure how exactly you want to define these, but some possible
> defintions will be dependent on the server encoding, which sounds
> troublesome.
>
>

Well, the cast wasn't my suggestion, so I'll let that one slide -
someone else can pick it up if they like :P .

The encode() suggestion was to have it have the same effect as:
encode(byteain(varcharout(textvalue)), 'encodingtype')

Would it be such a worry to have that dependent on server encoding?

cheers

andrew

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